#3BB5A0#3BB5A0

#3BB5A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5A0
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 160)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 11.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -38.43, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 38.44, 178.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.1109 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.111 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6696, 36.5129, 38.9984)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5A0 #B53B50

analogous

#3BB563 #3BB5A0 #3B8DB5

triadic

#3BB5A0 #A03BB5 #B5A03B

tetradic

#3BB5A0 #633BB5 #B53B50 #8DB53B

square

#3BB5A0 #633BB5 #B53B50 #8DB53B

split-complementary

#3BB5A0 #B53B8D #B5633B

monochromatic

#1D594E #2C8777 #3BB5A0 #62CCB9 #90DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3BB5A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#3BB5A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5A0

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5A0	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccbc',
    500: '#3bb5a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5a0;
$custom-light: #81ccbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.672,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70082,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5A0

secondary

#C68691

accent

#4D66DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5A0

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

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