#3BB5A5#3BB5A5

#3BB5A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.109 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5A5
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 8.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -37.10, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 37.14, 182.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.1085 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.109 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1158, 36.6913, 41.3485)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5A5 #B53B4B

analogous

#3BB568 #3BB5A5 #3B88B5

triadic

#3BB5A5 #A53BB5 #B5A53B

tetradic

#3BB5A5 #683BB5 #B53B4B #88B53B

square

#3BB5A5 #683BB5 #B53B4B #88B53B

split-complementary

#3BB5A5 #B53B88 #B5683B

monochromatic

#1D5951 #2C877B #3BB5A5 #62CCBE #90DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#3BB5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#3BB5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5A5

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5A5	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.109 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccbf',
    500: '#3bb5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5a5;
$custom-light: #81ccbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.131,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70236,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5A5

secondary

#C6868F

accent

#4D60DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5A5

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

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