#3BB5AA#3BB5AA

#3BB5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5AA
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -35.74, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 35.98, 186.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.1063 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.107 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5798, 36.8769, 43.7923)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5AA #B53B46

analogous

#3BB56D #3BB5AA #3B83B5

triadic

#3BB5AA #AA3BB5 #B5AA3B

tetradic

#3BB5AA #6D3BB5 #B53B46 #83B53B

square

#3BB5AA #6D3BB5 #B53B46 #83B53B

split-complementary

#3BB5AA #B53B83 #B56D3B

monochromatic

#1D5953 #2C877F #3BB5AA #62CCC2 #90DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#3BB5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#3BB5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5AA

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5AA	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc3',
    500: '#3bb5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5aa;
$custom-light: #81ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.59,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70396,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5AA

secondary

#C6868C

accent

#4D5ADA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5AA

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

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