#3BB6BB#3BB6BB

#3BB6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6BB
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -31.37, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 33.73, 201.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0998 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.106 199)
XYZ	xyz(27.4972, 37.9704, 52.8839)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6BB #BB403B

analogous

#3BBB80 #3BB6BB #3B76BB

triadic

#3BB6BB #BB3BB6 #B6BB3B

tetradic

#3BB6BB #803BBB #BB403B #76BB3B

square

#3BB6BB #803BBB #BB403B #76BB3B

split-complementary

#3BB6BB #BB3B76 #BB803B

monochromatic

#1E5B5E #2C898C #3BB6BB #65CACE #93DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#3BB6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6BB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6BB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cccf',
    500: '#3bb6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6bb;
$custom-light: #83cccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.344,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.37974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6BB

secondary

#C88C8A

accent

#524CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6BB

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

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