#3BB6A8#3BB6A8

#3BB6A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6A8
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 7.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -36.75, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 36.85, 184.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.1082 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.109 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5961, 37.2100, 42.8715)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6A8 #B63B49

analogous

#3BB66B #3BB6A8 #3B86B6

triadic

#3BB6A8 #A83BB6 #B6A83B

tetradic

#3BB6A8 #6B3BB6 #B63B49 #86B63B

square

#3BB6A8 #6B3BB6 #B63B49 #86B63B

split-complementary

#3BB6A8 #B63B86 #B66B3B

monochromatic

#1D5A53 #2C887D #3BB6A8 #62CCC0 #90DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#3BB6A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#3BB6A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6A8

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6A8	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc1',
    500: '#3bb6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6a8;
$custom-light: #81ccc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.171,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70581,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6A8

secondary

#C6878E

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6A8

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

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