#3BB5AC#3BB5AC

#3BB5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5AC
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -35.18, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 35.57, 188.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.1054 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.106 188)
XYZ	xyz(25.7705, 36.9532, 44.7962)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5AC #B53B44

analogous

#3BB56F #3BB5AC #3B81B5

triadic

#3BB5AC #AC3BB5 #B5AC3B

tetradic

#3BB5AC #6F3BB5 #B53B44 #81B53B

square

#3BB5AC #6F3BB5 #B53B44 #81B53B

split-complementary

#3BB5AC #B53B81 #B56F3B

monochromatic

#1D5954 #2C8780 #3BB5AC #62CCC4 #90DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3BB5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#3BB5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5AC

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5AC	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbc4',
    500: '#3bb5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5ac;
$custom-light: #82cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.574,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70462,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.36956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5AC

secondary

#C6868B

accent

#4D58DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5AC

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

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