#3BB5B4#3BB5B4

#3BB5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5B4
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 180)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -32.93, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 34.21, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.1018 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.105 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5620, 37.2698, 48.9651)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5B4 #B53B3C

analogous

#3BB577 #3BB5B4 #3B79B5

triadic

#3BB5B4 #B43BB5 #B5B43B

tetradic

#3BB5B4 #773BB5 #B53B3C #79B53B

square

#3BB5B4 #773BB5 #B53B3C #79B53B

split-complementary

#3BB5B4 #B53B79 #B5773B

monochromatic

#1D5958 #2C8786 #3BB5B4 #62CCCB #90DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3BB5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#3BB5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5B4

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5B4	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#AAACB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbca',
    500: '#3bb5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5b4;
$custom-light: #82cbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.508,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70733,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5B4

secondary

#C68687

accent

#4D4FDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5B4

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

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