#3BB4C6#3BB4C6

#3BB4C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4C6
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 198)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -27.10, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 32.99, 214.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0931 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.107 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3136, 37.6463, 59.1894)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4C6 #C64D3B

analogous

#3BC693 #3BB4C6 #3B6EC6

triadic

#3BB4C6 #C63BB4 #B4C63B

tetradic

#3BB4C6 #933BC6 #C64D3B #6EC63B

square

#3BB4C6 #933BC6 #C64D3B #6EC63B

split-complementary

#3BB4C6 #C63B6E #C6933B

monochromatic

#1E5F68 #2C8A98 #3BB4C6 #6AC6D4 #9AD8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3BB4C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#3BB4C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4C6

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4C6	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad7',
    500: '#3bb4c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4c6;
$custom-light: #84cad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.77,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71152,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4C6

secondary

#CD978F

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4C6

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

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