#3BB4BC#3BB4BC

#3BB4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4BC
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -30.11, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 33.12, 204.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0973 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.105 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1980, 37.2000, 53.3141)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4BC #BC433B

analogous

#3BBC83 #3BB4BC #3B73BC

triadic

#3BB4BC #BC3BB4 #B4BC3B

tetradic

#3BB4BC #833BBC #BC433B #73BC3B

square

#3BB4BC #833BBC #BC433B #73BC3B

split-complementary

#3BB4BC #BC3B73 #BC833B

monochromatic

#1E5B5F #2C878D #3BB4BC #65C8CF #94D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#3BB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#3BB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4BC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4BC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd0',
    500: '#3bb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4bc;
$custom-light: #83cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.721,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70774,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4BC

secondary

#C98E8A

accent

#554CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4BC

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

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