#3BB5C5#3BB5C5

#3BB5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5C5
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 197)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -27.90, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 33.13, 212.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0945 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.107 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4012, 38.0055, 58.6515)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5C5 #C54B3B

analogous

#3BC590 #3BB5C5 #3B70C5

triadic

#3BB5C5 #C53BB5 #B5C53B

tetradic

#3BB5C5 #903BC5 #C54B3B #70C53B

square

#3BB5C5 #903BC5 #C54B3B #70C53B

split-complementary

#3BB5C5 #C53B70 #C5903B

monochromatic

#1F5F67 #2C8A96 #3BB5C5 #6AC7D3 #99D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#3BB5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5C5

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5C5	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd6',
    500: '#3bb5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5c5;
$custom-light: #84cbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5C5

secondary

#CD968F

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5C5

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

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