#3BB5BB#3BB5BB

#3BB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5BB
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -30.89, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 33.45, 202.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0987 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.105 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2932, 37.5623, 52.8159)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5BB #BB413B

analogous

#3BBB81 #3BB5BB #3B75BB

triadic

#3BB5BB #BB3BB5 #B5BB3B

tetradic

#3BB5BB #813BBB #BB413B #75BB3B

square

#3BB5BB #813BBB #BB413B #75BB3B

split-complementary

#3BB5BB #BB3B75 #BB813B

monochromatic

#1E5B5E #2C888C #3BB5BB #65C9CE #93DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3BB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#3BB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5BB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5BB	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbcf',
    500: '#3bb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5bb;
$custom-light: #83cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.813,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70982,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5BB

secondary

#C88C8A

accent

#534CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5BB

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

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