#3BB7BB#3BB7BB

#3BB7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.106 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB7BB
RGB	rgb(59, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -31.85, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 34.02, 200.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.1008 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.106 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7028, 38.3814, 52.9524)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB7BB #BB3F3B

analogous

#3BBB7F #3BB7BB #3B77BB

triadic

#3BB7BB #BB3BB7 #B7BB3B

tetradic

#3BB7BB #7F3BBB #BB3F3B #77BB3B

square

#3BB7BB #7F3BBB #BB3F3B #77BB3B

split-complementary

#3BB7BB #BB3B77 #BB7F3B

monochromatic

#1E5C5E #2C898C #3BB7BB #65CBCE #93DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#3BB7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB7BB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB7BB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.106 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdcf',
    500: '#3bb7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb7bb;
$custom-light: #83cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB7BB

secondary

#C88B8A

accent

#514CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB7BB

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

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