#3BB496#3BB496

#3BB496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB496
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -40.55, 5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 40.94, 172.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.1145 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.115 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6272, 35.7717, 34.5077)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB496 #B43B59

analogous

#3BB45A #3BB496 #3B96B4

triadic

#3BB496 #963BB4 #B4963B

tetradic

#3BB496 #5A3BB4 #B43B59 #96B43B

square

#3BB496 #5A3BB4 #B43B59 #96B43B

split-complementary

#3BB496 #B43B96 #B45A3B

monochromatic

#1D5849 #2C8670 #3BB496 #61CBB1 #8FDAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#3BB496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#3BB496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB496

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB496	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)

#AEA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbb4',
    500: '#3bb496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb496;
$custom-light: #80cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.124,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69536,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB496

secondary

#C58695

accent

#4E70DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB496

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

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