#3BB5B7#3BB5B7

#3BB5B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5B7
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 183)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -32.06, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 33.84, 198.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.1005 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.105 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8709, 37.3934, 50.5920)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5B7 #B73D3B

analogous

#3BB77B #3BB5B7 #3B77B7

triadic

#3BB5B7 #B73BB5 #B5B73B

tetradic

#3BB5B7 #7B3BB7 #B73D3B #77B73B

square

#3BB5B7 #7B3BB7 #B73D3B #77B73B

split-complementary

#3BB5B7 #B73B77 #B77B3B

monochromatic

#1D595A #2C8789 #3BB5B7 #63CBCD #91DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3BB5B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#3BB5B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5B7

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5B7	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbcc',
    500: '#3bb5b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5b7;
$custom-light: #82cbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.968,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5B7

secondary

#C68887

accent

#4F4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5B7

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

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