#3BB4CC#3BB4CC

#3BB4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4CC
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -25.25, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 33.36, 220.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0907 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.109 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0194, 37.9286, 62.9066)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4CC #CC533B

analogous

#3BCC9C #3BB4CC #3B6CCC

triadic

#3BB4CC #CC3BB4 #B4CC3B

tetradic

#3BB4CC #9C3BCC #CC533B #6CCC3B

square

#3BB4CC #9C3BCC #CC533B #6CCC3B

split-complementary

#3BB4CC #CC3B6C #CC9C3B

monochromatic

#1D6270 #2A8DA0 #3BB4CC #6CC7D9 #9CD9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#3BB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4CC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4CC	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cadb',
    500: '#3bb4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4cc;
$custom-light: #85cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.931,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7139,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4CC

secondary

#D19C92

accent

#6046E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4CC

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

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