#3BB5B3#3BB5B3

#3BB5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5B3
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 179)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -33.21, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 34.36, 194.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.1022 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.105 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4605, 37.2292, 48.4305)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5B3 #B53B3D

analogous

#3BB576 #3BB5B3 #3B7AB5

triadic

#3BB5B3 #B33BB5 #B5B33B

tetradic

#3BB5B3 #763BB5 #B53B3D #7AB53B

square

#3BB5B3 #763BB5 #B53B3D #7AB53B

split-complementary

#3BB5B3 #B53B7A #B5763B

monochromatic

#1D5958 #2C8785 #3BB5B3 #62CCCA #90DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#3BB5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#3BB5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5B3

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5B3	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbc9',
    500: '#3bb5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5b3;
$custom-light: #82cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70698,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5B3

secondary

#C68687

accent

#4D50DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5B3

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

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