#3BB5BF#3BB5BF

#3BB5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5BF
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -29.71, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 33.21, 206.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.097 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.105 203)
XYZ	xyz(27.7274, 37.7359, 55.1026)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5BF #BF453B

analogous

#3BBF87 #3BB5BF #3B73BF

triadic

#3BB5BF #BF3BB5 #B5BF3B

tetradic

#3BB5BF #873BBF #BF453B #73BF3B

square

#3BB5BF #873BBF #BF453B #73BF3B

split-complementary

#3BB5BF #BF3B73 #BF873B

monochromatic

#1E5C61 #2D8990 #3BB5BF #67C8D0 #96D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3BB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#3BB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5BF

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5BF	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd2',
    500: '#3bb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5bf;
$custom-light: #83cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71128,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.37739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5BF

secondary

#CA918C

accent

#574CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5BF

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

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