#3BB6B8#3BB6B8

#3BB6B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6B8
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -32.25, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 34.03, 198.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1011 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.105 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1794, 37.8433, 51.2102)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6B8 #B83D3B

analogous

#3BB87B #3BB6B8 #3B77B8

triadic

#3BB6B8 #B83BB6 #B6B83B

tetradic

#3BB6B8 #7B3BB8 #B83D3B #77B83B

square

#3BB6B8 #7B3BB8 #B83D3B #77B83B

split-complementary

#3BB6B8 #B83B77 #B87B3B

monochromatic

#1D5A5B #2C888A #3BB6B8 #63CBCD #92DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#3BB6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6B8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6B8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cccd',
    500: '#3bb6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6b8;
$custom-light: #83cccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71119,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6B8

secondary

#C78988

accent

#4F4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6B8

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

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