#3BB4B7#3BB4B7

#3BB4B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4B7
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 183)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -31.58, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 33.53, 199.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0995 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.104 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6683, 36.9882, 50.5245)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4B7 #B73E3B

analogous

#3BB77C #3BB4B7 #3B76B7

triadic

#3BB4B7 #B73BB4 #B4B73B

tetradic

#3BB4B7 #7C3BB7 #B73E3B #76B73B

square

#3BB4B7 #7C3BB7 #B73E3B #76B73B

split-complementary

#3BB4B7 #B73B76 #B77C3B

monochromatic

#1D595A #2C8689 #3BB4B7 #63CACD #91DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3BB4B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#3BB4B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4B7

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4B7	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbcc',
    500: '#3bb4b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4b7;
$custom-light: #82cbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.452,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70593,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4B7

secondary

#C68987

accent

#514DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4B7

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

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