#3BB6CA#3BB6CA

#3BB6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6CA
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -26.87, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 33.44, 216.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0935 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.109 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1877, 38.6466, 61.7869)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6CA #CA4F3B

analogous

#3BCA97 #3BB6CA #3B6ECA

triadic

#3BB6CA #CA3BB6 #B6CA3B

tetradic

#3BB6CA #973BCA #CA4F3B #6ECA3B

square

#3BB6CA #973BCA #CA4F3B #6ECA3B

split-complementary

#3BB6CA #CA3B6E #CA973B

monochromatic

#1E626D #2B8D9D #3BB6CA #6BC8D7 #9BDAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BB6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#3BB6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6CA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6CA	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccda',
    500: '#3bb6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6ca;
$custom-light: #85ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.392,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71791,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6CA

secondary

#D09A91

accent

#5D47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6CA

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

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