#3BB6C5#3BB6C5

#3BB6C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6C5
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 197)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -28.39, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 33.30, 211.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0955 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.107 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6053, 38.4136, 58.7195)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6C5 #C54A3B

analogous

#3BC58F #3BB6C5 #3B71C5

triadic

#3BB6C5 #C53BB6 #B6C53B

tetradic

#3BB6C5 #8F3BC5 #C54A3B #71C53B

square

#3BB6C5 #8F3BC5 #C54A3B #71C53B

split-complementary

#3BB6C5 #C53B71 #C58F3B

monochromatic

#1F5F67 #2C8B96 #3BB6C5 #6AC8D3 #99D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB6C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#3BB6C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6C5

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6C5	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccd6',
    500: '#3bb6c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6c5;
$custom-light: #84ccd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6C5

secondary

#CD968F

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6C5

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

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