#3BB4C8#3BB4C8

#3BB4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4C8
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -26.49, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 33.08, 216.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0923 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.108 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5458, 37.7391, 60.4123)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4C8 #C84F3B

analogous

#3BC896 #3BB4C8 #3B6DC8

triadic

#3BB4C8 #C83BB4 #B4C83B

tetradic

#3BB4C8 #963BC8 #C84F3B #6DC83B

square

#3BB4C8 #963BC8 #C84F3B #6DC83B

split-complementary

#3BB4C8 #C83B6D #C8963B

monochromatic

#1E606B #2B8B9A #3BB4C8 #6BC6D5 #9BD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3BB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#3BB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4C8

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4C8	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad8',
    500: '#3bb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4c8;
$custom-light: #84cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.511,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4C8

secondary

#CF9990

accent

#5E48DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4C8

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

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