#3BB4B2#3BB4B2

#3BB4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4B2
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -33.02, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 34.16, 194.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.1016 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.105 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1571, 36.7837, 47.8323)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4B2 #B43B3D

analogous

#3BB476 #3BB4B2 #3B7AB4

triadic

#3BB4B2 #B23BB4 #B4B23B

tetradic

#3BB4B2 #763BB4 #B43B3D #7AB43B

square

#3BB4B2 #763BB4 #B43B3D #7AB43B

split-complementary

#3BB4B2 #B43B7A #B4763B

monochromatic

#1D5857 #2C8684 #3BB4B2 #61CBC9 #8FDAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#3BB4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#3BB4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4B2

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4B2	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ABB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbc9',
    500: '#3bb4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4b2;
$custom-light: #82cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4B2

secondary

#C58687

accent

#4E50DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4B2

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

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