#3BB5AD#3BB5AD

#3BB5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5AD
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 173)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -34.91, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 35.37, 189.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.1049 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.106 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8669, 36.9917, 45.3039)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5AD #B53B43

analogous

#3BB570 #3BB5AD #3B80B5

triadic

#3BB5AD #AD3BB5 #B5AD3B

tetradic

#3BB5AD #703BB5 #B53B43 #80B53B

square

#3BB5AD #703BB5 #B53B43 #80B53B

split-complementary

#3BB5AD #B53B80 #B5703B

monochromatic

#1D5955 #2C8781 #3BB5AD #62CCC5 #90DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3BB5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#3BB5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5AD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5AD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbc5',
    500: '#3bb5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5ad;
$custom-light: #82cbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.066,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70495,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5AD

secondary

#C6868A

accent

#4D57DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5AD

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

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