#3BB6B9#3BB6B9

#3BB6B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.105 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6B9
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 185)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -31.96, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 33.92, 199.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.1006 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.105 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2846, 37.8854, 51.7642)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6B9 #B93E3B

analogous

#3BB97D #3BB6B9 #3B77B9

triadic

#3BB6B9 #B93BB6 #B6B93B

tetradic

#3BB6B9 #7D3BB9 #B93E3B #77B93B

square

#3BB6B9 #7D3BB9 #B93E3B #77B93B

split-complementary

#3BB6B9 #B93B77 #B97D3B

monochromatic

#1D5B5C #2C888B #3BB6B9 #64CBCD #92DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB6B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#3BB6B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6B9

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6B9	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.105 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccce',
    500: '#3bb6b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6b9;
$custom-light: #83ccce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.429,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6B9

secondary

#C78A88

accent

#504DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6B9

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

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