#3BB3C5#3BB3C5

#3BB3C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3C5
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 197)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -26.91, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 32.81, 214.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0925 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.106 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9975, 37.1980, 58.5169)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3C5 #C54D3B

analogous

#3BC592 #3BB3C5 #3B6EC5

triadic

#3BB3C5 #C53BB3 #B3C53B

tetradic

#3BB3C5 #923BC5 #C54D3B #6EC53B

square

#3BB3C5 #923BC5 #C54D3B #6EC53B

split-complementary

#3BB3C5 #C53B6E #C5923B

monochromatic

#1F5E67 #2C8996 #3BB3C5 #6AC5D3 #99D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#3BB3C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#3BB3C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3C5

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3C5	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad6',
    500: '#3bb3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3c5;
$custom-light: #84cad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3C5

secondary

#CD978F

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3C5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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