#3BB5C0#3BB5C0

#3BB5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5C0
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 192)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -29.41, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 33.18, 207.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0966 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.106 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8378, 37.7801, 55.6841)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5C0 #C0463B

analogous

#3BC088 #3BB5C0 #3B73C0

triadic

#3BB5C0 #C03BB5 #B5C03B

tetradic

#3BB5C0 #883BC0 #C0463B #73C03B

square

#3BB5C0 #883BC0 #C0463B #73C03B

split-complementary

#3BB5C0 #C03B73 #C0883B

monochromatic

#1E5D62 #2D8991 #3BB5C0 #68C8D1 #97D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#3BB5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5C0

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5C0	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd3',
    500: '#3bb5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5c0;
$custom-light: #83cbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.962,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71166,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5C0

secondary

#CA928C

accent

#574BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5C0

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

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