#3BB3C7#3BB3C7

#3BB3C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3C7
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 199)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -26.30, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 32.90, 216.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0917 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.107 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2281, 37.2903, 59.7318)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3C7 #C74F3B

analogous

#3BC795 #3BB3C7 #3B6DC7

triadic

#3BB3C7 #C73BB3 #B3C73B

tetradic

#3BB3C7 #953BC7 #C74F3B #6DC73B

square

#3BB3C7 #953BC7 #C74F3B #6DC73B

split-complementary

#3BB3C7 #C73B6D #C7953B

monochromatic

#1E5F69 #2C8999 #3BB3C7 #6BC5D5 #9AD8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3BB3C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#3BB3C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3C7

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3C7	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad8',
    500: '#3bb3c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3c7;
$custom-light: #84cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7095,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3C7

secondary

#CE9990

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3C7

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

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