#3BB6C4#3BB6C4

#3BB6C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6C4
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -28.70, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 33.31, 210.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0959 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.107 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4911, 38.3679, 58.1180)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6C4 #C4493B

analogous

#3BC48D #3BB6C4 #3B72C4

triadic

#3BB6C4 #C43BB6 #B6C43B

tetradic

#3BB6C4 #8D3BC4 #C4493B #72C43B

square

#3BB6C4 #8D3BC4 #C4493B #72C43B

split-complementary

#3BB6C4 #C43B72 #C48D3B

monochromatic

#1F5F66 #2D8A95 #3BB6C4 #6AC8D2 #99D9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#3BB6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6C4

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6C4	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccd5',
    500: '#3bb6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6c4;
$custom-light: #84ccd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.131,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71559,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6C4

secondary

#CC958F

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6C4

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

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