#3BB5BA#3BB5BA

#3BB5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.105 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5BA
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -31.19, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 33.54, 201.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0992 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.105 199)
XYZ	xyz(27.1865, 37.5196, 52.2541)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5BA #BA403B

analogous

#3BBA7F #3BB5BA #3B75BA

triadic

#3BB5BA #BA3BB5 #B5BA3B

tetradic

#3BB5BA #7F3BBA #BA403B #75BA3B

square

#3BB5BA #7F3BBA #BA403B #75BA3B

split-complementary

#3BB5BA #BA3B75 #BA7F3B

monochromatic

#1E5B5D #2C888C #3BB5BA #64CACE #93DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3BB5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#3BB5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5BA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5BA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.105 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbce',
    500: '#3bb5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5ba;
$custom-light: #83cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.362,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.37523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5BA

secondary

#C88B89

accent

#524DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5BA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →