#3BB6CC#3BB6CC

#3BB6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6CC
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -26.25, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 33.55, 218.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0927 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.109 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4260, 38.7419, 63.0421)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6CC #CC513B

analogous

#3BCC99 #3BB6CC #3B6ECC

triadic

#3BB6CC #CC3BB6 #B6CC3B

tetradic

#3BB6CC #993BCC #CC513B #6ECC3B

square

#3BB6CC #993BCC #CC513B #6ECC3B

split-complementary

#3BB6CC #CC3B6E #CC993B

monochromatic

#1D6370 #2A8EA0 #3BB6CC #6CC8D9 #9CDAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3BB6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#3BB6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6CC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6CC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccdb',
    500: '#3bb6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6cc;
$custom-light: #85ccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.103,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7187,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6CC

secondary

#D19B92

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6CC

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

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