#3BB3C6#3BB3C6

#3BB3C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3C6
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 198)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -26.60, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 32.85, 215.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0921 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.107 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1124, 37.2440, 59.1223)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3C6 #C64E3B

analogous

#3BC693 #3BB3C6 #3B6EC6

triadic

#3BB3C6 #C63BB3 #B3C63B

tetradic

#3BB3C6 #933BC6 #C64E3B #6EC63B

square

#3BB3C6 #933BC6 #C64E3B #6EC63B

split-complementary

#3BB3C6 #C63B6E #C6933B

monochromatic

#1E5E68 #2C8998 #3BB3C6 #6AC5D4 #9AD8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#3BB3C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#3BB3C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3C6

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3C6	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad7',
    500: '#3bb3c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3c6;
$custom-light: #84cad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.201,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70911,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3C6

secondary

#CD988F

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3C6

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

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