#3BB3C8#3BB3C8

#3BB3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3C8
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -25.99, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 32.96, 217.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0913 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.107 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3446, 37.3369, 60.3453)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3C8 #C8503B

analogous

#3BC896 #3BB3C8 #3B6CC8

triadic

#3BB3C8 #C83BB3 #B3C83B

tetradic

#3BB3C8 #963BC8 #C8503B #6CC83B

square

#3BB3C8 #963BC8 #C8503B #6CC83B

split-complementary

#3BB3C8 #C83B6C #C8963B

monochromatic

#1E5F6B #2B8A9A #3BB3C8 #6BC6D5 #9BD8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3BB3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#3BB3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3C8

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3C8	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad8',
    500: '#3bb3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3c8;
$custom-light: #84cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.936,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7099,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3C8

secondary

#CF9990

accent

#5F48DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3C8

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

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