#3BB4AB#3BB4AB

#3BB4AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4AB
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 5%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -35.00, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 35.38, 188.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.1048 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.106 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4722, 36.5097, 44.2248)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4AB #B43B44

analogous

#3BB46F #3BB4AB #3B81B4

triadic

#3BB4AB #AB3BB4 #B4AB3B

tetradic

#3BB4AB #6F3BB4 #B43B44 #81B43B

square

#3BB4AB #6F3BB4 #B43B44 #81B43B

split-complementary

#3BB4AB #B43B81 #B46F3B

monochromatic

#1D5853 #2C867F #3BB4AB #61CBC3 #8FDAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3BB4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#3BB4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4AB

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4AB	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbc3',
    500: '#3bb4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4ab;
$custom-light: #81cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.537,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70181,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4AB

secondary

#C5868A

accent

#4E58DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4AB

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

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