#3BB4C5#3BB4C5

#3BB4C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.106 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4C5
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 197)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -27.41, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 32.96, 213.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0935 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.106 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1986, 37.6003, 58.5839)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4C5 #C54C3B

analogous

#3BC591 #3BB4C5 #3B6FC5

triadic

#3BB4C5 #C53BB4 #B4C53B

tetradic

#3BB4C5 #913BC5 #C54C3B #6FC53B

square

#3BB4C5 #913BC5 #C54C3B #6FC53B

split-complementary

#3BB4C5 #C53B6F #C5913B

monochromatic

#1F5E67 #2C8996 #3BB4C5 #6AC6D3 #99D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3BB4C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#3BB4C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4C5

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4C5	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.106 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad6',
    500: '#3bb4c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4c5;
$custom-light: #84cad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.391,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4C5

secondary

#CD978F

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4C5

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

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