#3BB5BD#3BB5BD

#3BB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5BD
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -30.30, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 33.32, 204.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0979 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.105 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5088, 37.6485, 53.9513)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5BD #BD433B

analogous

#3BBD84 #3BB5BD #3B74BD

triadic

#3BB5BD #BD3BB5 #B5BD3B

tetradic

#3BB5BD #843BBD #BD433B #74BD3B

square

#3BB5BD #843BBD #BD433B #74BD3B

split-complementary

#3BB5BD #BD3B74 #BD843B

monochromatic

#1E5C60 #2C888E #3BB5BD #66C9CF #95D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3BB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#3BB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5BD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5BD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd0',
    500: '#3bb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5bd;
$custom-light: #83cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5BD

secondary

#C98F8B

accent

#554CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5BD

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

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