#3BB5A8#3BB5A8

#3BB5A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5A8
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 168)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 7.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -36.29, -3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 36.42, 185.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.1072 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.108 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3921, 36.8018, 42.8034)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5A8 #B53B48

analogous

#3BB56B #3BB5A8 #3B85B5

triadic

#3BB5A8 #A83BB5 #B5A83B

tetradic

#3BB5A8 #6B3BB5 #B53B48 #85B53B

square

#3BB5A8 #6B3BB5 #B53B48 #85B53B

split-complementary

#3BB5A8 #B53B85 #B56B3B

monochromatic

#1D5952 #2C877D #3BB5A8 #62CCC0 #90DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#3BB5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#3BB5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5A8

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5A8	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc1',
    500: '#3bb5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5a8;
$custom-light: #81ccc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.607,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70332,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5A8

secondary

#C6868D

accent

#4D5CDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5A8

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

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