#3BB5AB#3BB5AB

#3BB5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5AB
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 5.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -35.46, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 35.77, 187.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.1058 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.107 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6748, 36.9149, 44.2923)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5AB #B53B45

analogous

#3BB56E #3BB5AB #3B82B5

triadic

#3BB5AB #AB3BB5 #B5AB3B

tetradic

#3BB5AB #6E3BB5 #B53B45 #82B53B

square

#3BB5AB #6E3BB5 #B53B45 #82B53B

split-complementary

#3BB5AB #B53B82 #B56E3B

monochromatic

#1D5954 #2C877F #3BB5AB #62CCC3 #90DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3BB5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#3BB5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5AB

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5AB	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#ABABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc3',
    500: '#3bb5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5ab;
$custom-light: #81ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.082,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70429,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5AB

secondary

#C6868B

accent

#4D59DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5AB

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

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