#3BB6BD#3BB6BD

#3BB6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6BD
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -30.79, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 33.57, 203.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0989 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.106 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7128, 38.0566, 54.0194)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6BD #BD423B

analogous

#3BBD83 #3BB6BD #3B75BD

triadic

#3BB6BD #BD3BB6 #B6BD3B

tetradic

#3BB6BD #833BBD #BD423B #75BD3B

square

#3BB6BD #833BBD #BD423B #75BD3B

split-complementary

#3BB6BD #BD3B75 #BD833B

monochromatic

#1E5C60 #2C898E #3BB6BD #66CACF #95DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3BB6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6BD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6BD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccd0',
    500: '#3bb6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6bd;
$custom-light: #83ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6BD

secondary

#C98E8B

accent

#544CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6BD

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

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