#3BB4BD#3BB4BD

#3BB4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4BD
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -29.82, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 33.07, 205.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0969 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.105 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3062, 37.2433, 53.8838)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4BD #BD443B

analogous

#3BBD85 #3BB4BD #3B73BD

triadic

#3BB4BD #BD3BB4 #B4BD3B

tetradic

#3BB4BD #853BBD #BD443B #73BD3B

square

#3BB4BD #853BBD #BD443B #73BD3B

split-complementary

#3BB4BD #BD3B73 #BD853B

monochromatic

#1E5B60 #2C888E #3BB4BD #66C8CF #95D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#3BB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#3BB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4BD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4BD	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd0',
    500: '#3bb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4bd;
$custom-light: #83cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70811,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4BD

secondary

#C98F8B

accent

#564CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4BD

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

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