#3BB5A1#3BB5A1

#3BB5A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5A1
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 161)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 11%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -38.17, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 38.17, 179.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1104 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.11 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7574, 36.5480, 39.4610)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5A1 #B53B4F

analogous

#3BB564 #3BB5A1 #3B8CB5

triadic

#3BB5A1 #A13BB5 #B5A13B

tetradic

#3BB5A1 #643BB5 #B53B4F #8CB53B

square

#3BB5A1 #643BB5 #B53B4F #8CB53B

split-complementary

#3BB5A1 #B53B8C #B5643B

monochromatic

#1D594F #2C8778 #3BB5A1 #62CCBA #90DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3BB5A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#3BB5A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5A1

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5A1	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccbc',
    500: '#3bb5a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5a1;
$custom-light: #81ccbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70112,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5A1

secondary

#C68691

accent

#4D65DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5A1

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

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