#3BB4BF#3BB4BF

#3BB4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.105 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4BF
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -29.22, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 32.99, 207.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.096 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.105 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5248, 37.3307, 55.0350)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4BF #BF463B

analogous

#3BBF88 #3BB4BF #3B72BF

triadic

#3BB4BF #BF3BB4 #B4BF3B

tetradic

#3BB4BF #883BBF #BF463B #72BF3B

square

#3BB4BF #883BBF #BF463B #72BF3B

split-complementary

#3BB4BF #BF3B72 #BF883B

monochromatic

#1E5C61 #2D8890 #3BB4BF #67C7D0 #96D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3BB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#3BB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4BF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4BF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.105 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd2',
    500: '#3bb4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4bf;
$custom-light: #83cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70885,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4BF

secondary

#CA918C

accent

#584CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4BF

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

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