#3BB7B4#3BB7B4

#3BB7B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB7B4
RGB	rgb(59, 183, 180)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -33.87, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 34.90, 193.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.1038 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.106 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9716, 38.0890, 49.1016)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB7B4 #B73B3E

analogous

#3BB776 #3BB7B4 #3B7CB7

triadic

#3BB7B4 #B43BB7 #B7B43B

tetradic

#3BB7B4 #763BB7 #B73B3E #7CB73B

square

#3BB7B4 #763BB7 #B73B3E #7CB73B

split-complementary

#3BB7B4 #B73B7C #B7763B

monochromatic

#1D5A59 #2C8986 #3BB7B4 #63CDCA #91DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB7B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#3BB7B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB7B4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB7B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB7B4	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb7b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 183, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdca',
    500: '#3bb7b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb7b4;
$custom-light: #82cdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb7b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.548,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71225,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB7B4

secondary

#C68789

accent

#4D51DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB7B4

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

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