#3BB495#3BB495

#3BB495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB495
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -40.80, 6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 41.26, 171.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.115 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.116 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5470, 35.7396, 34.0854)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB495 #B43B5A

analogous

#3BB459 #3BB495 #3B97B4

triadic

#3BB495 #953BB4 #B4953B

tetradic

#3BB495 #593BB4 #B43B5A #97B43B

square

#3BB495 #593BB4 #B43B5A #97B43B

split-complementary

#3BB495 #B43B97 #B4593B

monochromatic

#1D5849 #2C866F #3BB495 #61CBB0 #8FDAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#3BB495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#3BB495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB495

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB495	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbb4',
    500: '#3bb495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb495;
$custom-light: #80cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.628,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69508,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB495

secondary

#C58696

accent

#4E72DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB495

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

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