#3BB5C1#3BB5C1

#3BB5C1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5C1
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 193)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 6.2%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -29.11, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 33.15, 208.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0962 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.106 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9490, 37.8246, 56.2696)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5C1 #C1473B

analogous

#3BC18A #3BB5C1 #3B72C1

triadic

#3BB5C1 #C13BB5 #B5C13B

tetradic

#3BB5C1 #8A3BC1 #C1473B #72C13B

square

#3BB5C1 #8A3BC1 #C1473B #72C13B

split-complementary

#3BB5C1 #C13B72 #C18A3B

monochromatic

#1E5D63 #2D8992 #3BB5C1 #68C8D1 #97D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB5C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#3BB5C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5C1

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5C1	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd3',
    500: '#3bb5c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5c1;
$custom-light: #83cbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71203,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5C1

secondary

#CB938D

accent

#584BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5C1

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

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