#3BB4C9#3BB4C9

#3BB4C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4C9
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -26.18, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 33.13, 217.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0919 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.108 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6630, 37.7860, 61.0298)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4C9 #C9503B

analogous

#3BC997 #3BB4C9 #3B6DC9

triadic

#3BB4C9 #C93BB4 #B4C93B

tetradic

#3BB4C9 #973BC9 #C9503B #6DC93B

square

#3BB4C9 #973BC9 #C9503B #6DC93B

split-complementary

#3BB4C9 #C93B6D #C9973B

monochromatic

#1E606C #2B8B9C #3BB4C9 #6BC6D6 #9BD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#3BB4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4C9

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4C9	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad9',
    500: '#3bb4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4c9;
$custom-light: #84cad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.873,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7127,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4C9

secondary

#CF9A90

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4C9

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

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