#3BB5CA#3BB5CA

#3BB5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB5CA
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -26.37, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 33.31, 217.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0925 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.108 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9836, 38.2385, 61.7189)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB5CA #CA503B

analogous

#3BCA97 #3BB5CA #3B6DCA

triadic

#3BB5CA #CA3BB5 #B5CA3B

tetradic

#3BB5CA #973BCA #CA503B #6DCA3B

square

#3BB5CA #973BCA #CA503B #6DCA3B

split-complementary

#3BB5CA #CA3B6D #CA973B

monochromatic

#1E616D #2B8C9D #3BB5CA #6BC7D7 #9BD9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#3BB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB5CA

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB5CA	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbda',
    500: '#3bb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb5ca;
$custom-light: #84cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7155,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB5CA

secondary

#D09A91

accent

#5E47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB5CA

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

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