#3BB5C4#3BB5C4

#3BB5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5C4
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -28.20, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 33.12, 211.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.095 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.106 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2870, 37.9598, 58.0500)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5C4 #C44A3B

analogous

#3BC48E #3BB5C4 #3B71C4

triadic

#3BB5C4 #C43BB5 #B5C43B

tetradic

#3BB5C4 #8E3BC4 #C44A3B #71C43B

square

#3BB5C4 #8E3BC4 #C44A3B #71C43B

split-complementary

#3BB5C4 #C43B71 #C48E3B

monochromatic

#1F5E66 #2D8A95 #3BB5C4 #6AC7D2 #99D9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#3BB5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5C4

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5C4	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd5',
    500: '#3bb5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5c4;
$custom-light: #84cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.569,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71317,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5C4

secondary

#CC958F

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5C4

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

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