#3BB5BE#3BB5BE

#3BB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5BE
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -30.01, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 33.26, 205.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0975 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.105 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6177, 37.6921, 54.5250)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5BE #BE443B

analogous

#3BBE86 #3BB5BE #3B74BE

triadic

#3BB5BE #BE3BB5 #B5BE3B

tetradic

#3BB5BE #863BBE #BE443B #74BE3B

square

#3BB5BE #863BBE #BE443B #74BE3B

split-complementary

#3BB5BE #BE3B74 #BE863B

monochromatic

#1E5C61 #2C898F #3BB5BE #67C8D0 #95D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3BB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#3BB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5BE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5BE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd1',
    500: '#3bb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5be;
$custom-light: #83cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.122,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71091,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5BE

secondary

#CA908B

accent

#564CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5BE

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

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