#3BB5A6#3BB5A6

#3BB5A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5A6
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 166)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 8.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -36.83, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 36.89, 183.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.1081 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.108 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2072, 36.7279, 41.8297)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5A6 #B53B4A

analogous

#3BB569 #3BB5A6 #3B87B5

triadic

#3BB5A6 #A63BB5 #B5A63B

tetradic

#3BB5A6 #693BB5 #B53B4A #87B53B

square

#3BB5A6 #693BB5 #B53B4A #87B53B

split-complementary

#3BB5A6 #B53B87 #B5693B

monochromatic

#1D5951 #2C877C #3BB5A6 #62CCBF #90DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#3BB5A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#3BB5A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5A6

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5A6	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc0',
    500: '#3bb5a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5a6;
$custom-light: #81ccc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.623,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70268,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5A6

secondary

#C6868E

accent

#4D5FDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5A6

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

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