#3BB4B5#3BB4B5

#3BB4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4B5
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 181)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -32.16, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 33.76, 197.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.1003 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.104 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4616, 36.9055, 49.4360)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4B5 #B53C3B

analogous

#3BB579 #3BB4B5 #3B77B5

triadic

#3BB4B5 #B53BB4 #B4B53B

tetradic

#3BB4B5 #793BB5 #B53C3B #77B53B

square

#3BB4B5 #793BB5 #B53C3B #77B53B

split-complementary

#3BB4B5 #B53B77 #B5793B

monochromatic

#1D5859 #2C8687 #3BB4B5 #62CBCC #90DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#3BB4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#3BB4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4B5

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4B5	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbcb',
    500: '#3bb4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4b5;
$custom-light: #82cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.492,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4B5

secondary

#C68786

accent

#4F4DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4B5

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

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