#3BB5BC#3BB5BC

#3BB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5BC
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -30.60, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 33.38, 203.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0983 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.105 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4006, 37.6052, 53.3817)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5BC #BC423B

analogous

#3BBC82 #3BB5BC #3B74BC

triadic

#3BB5BC #BC3BB5 #B5BC3B

tetradic

#3BB5BC #823BBC #BC423B #74BC3B

square

#3BB5BC #823BBC #BC423B #74BC3B

split-complementary

#3BB5BC #BC3B74 #BC823B

monochromatic

#1E5B5F #2C888D #3BB5BC #65C9CF #94D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3BB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#3BB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5BC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5BC	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd0',
    500: '#3bb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5bc;
$custom-light: #83cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.256,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71018,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5BC

secondary

#C98E8A

accent

#544CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5BC

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

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