#3BB4AD#3BB4AD

#3BB4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4AD
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -34.44, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 34.99, 190.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.1039 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.105 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6643, 36.5865, 45.2364)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4AD #B43B42

analogous

#3BB471 #3BB4AD #3B7FB4

triadic

#3BB4AD #AD3BB4 #B4AD3B

tetradic

#3BB4AD #713BB4 #B43B42 #7FB43B

square

#3BB4AD #713BB4 #B43B42 #7FB43B

split-complementary

#3BB4AD #B43B7F #B4713B

monochromatic

#1D5854 #2C8681 #3BB4AD #61CBC5 #8FDAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#3BB4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#3BB4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4AD

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4AD	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbc5',
    500: '#3bb4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4ad;
$custom-light: #81cbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.529,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4AD

secondary

#C58689

accent

#4E56DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4AD

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

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