#3BB4BE#3BB4BE

#3BB4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4BE
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -29.52, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 33.02, 206.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0965 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.105 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4151, 37.2869, 54.4574)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4BE #BE453B

analogous

#3BBE87 #3BB4BE #3B73BE

triadic

#3BB4BE #BE3BB4 #B4BE3B

tetradic

#3BB4BE #873BBE #BE453B #73BE3B

square

#3BB4BE #873BBE #BE453B #73BE3B

split-complementary

#3BB4BE #BE3B73 #BE873B

monochromatic

#1E5C61 #2C888F #3BB4BE #67C8D0 #95D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3BB4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#3BB4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4BE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4BE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd1',
    500: '#3bb4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4be;
$custom-light: #83cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.58,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70848,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4BE

secondary

#CA908B

accent

#574CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4BE

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

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