#3BB7B5#3BB7B5

#3BB7B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB7B5
RGB	rgb(59, 183, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -33.59, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 34.75, 194.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1034 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.106 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0738, 38.1299, 49.6400)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB7B5 #B73B3D

analogous

#3BB777 #3BB7B5 #3B7BB7

triadic

#3BB7B5 #B53BB7 #B7B53B

tetradic

#3BB7B5 #773BB7 #B73B3D #7BB73B

square

#3BB7B5 #773BB7 #B73B3D #7BB73B

split-complementary

#3BB7B5 #B73B7B #B7773B

monochromatic

#1D5A59 #2C8987 #3BB7B5 #63CDCB #91DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB7B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#3BB7B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB7B5

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB7B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB7B5	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb7b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 183, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdcb',
    500: '#3bb7b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb7b5;
$custom-light: #83cdcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb7b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.032,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7126,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB7B5

secondary

#C68788

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB7B5

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

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