#3BB5C2#3BB5C2

#3BB5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5C2
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -28.81, -16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 33.13, 209.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0958 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.106 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0609, 37.8694, 56.8591)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5C2 #C2483B

analogous

#3BC28C #3BB5C2 #3B71C2

triadic

#3BB5C2 #C23BB5 #B5C23B

tetradic

#3BB5C2 #8C3BC2 #C2483B #71C23B

square

#3BB5C2 #8C3BC2 #C2483B #71C23B

split-complementary

#3BB5C2 #C23B71 #C28C3B

monochromatic

#1E5D64 #2D8993 #3BB5C2 #69C7D1 #98D9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#3BB5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5C2

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5C2	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)

#A6AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd4',
    500: '#3bb5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5c2;
$custom-light: #84cbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71241,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5C2

secondary

#CB938E

accent

#594BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5C2

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

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