#3BB6C8#3BB6C8

#3BB6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6C8
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -27.48, -18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 33.36, 214.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0943 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.108 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9524, 38.5525, 60.5479)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6C8 #C84D3B

analogous

#3BC894 #3BB6C8 #3B6FC8

triadic

#3BB6C8 #C83BB6 #B6C83B

tetradic

#3BB6C8 #943BC8 #C84D3B #6FC83B

square

#3BB6C8 #943BC8 #C84D3B #6FC83B

split-complementary

#3BB6C8 #C83B6F #C8943B

monochromatic

#1E616B #2B8C9A #3BB6C8 #6BC8D5 #9BDAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BB6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#3BB6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6C8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6C8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccd8',
    500: '#3bb6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6c8;
$custom-light: #84ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71713,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6C8

secondary

#CF9890

accent

#5C48DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6C8

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

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