#3BB5C8#3BB5C8

#3BB5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5C8
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -26.99, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 33.21, 215.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0933 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.108 210)
XYZ	xyz(28.7484, 38.1444, 60.4799)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5C8 #C84E3B

analogous

#3BC894 #3BB5C8 #3B6EC8

triadic

#3BB5C8 #C83BB5 #B5C83B

tetradic

#3BB5C8 #943BC8 #C84E3B #6EC83B

square

#3BB5C8 #943BC8 #C84E3B #6EC83B

split-complementary

#3BB5C8 #C83B6E #C8943B

monochromatic

#1E606B #2B8B9A #3BB5C8 #6BC7D5 #9BD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#3BB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5C8

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5C8	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd8',
    500: '#3bb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5c8;
$custom-light: #84cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.085,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71472,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.38148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5C8

secondary

#CF9990

accent

#5D48DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5C8

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

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