#3BB7BC#3BB7BC

#3BB7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.106 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB7BC
RGB	rgb(59, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -31.56, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 33.92, 201.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1003 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.106 199)
XYZ	xyz(27.8102, 38.4244, 53.5182)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB7BC #BC403B

analogous

#3BBC80 #3BB7BC #3B76BC

triadic

#3BB7BC #BC3BB7 #B7BC3B

tetradic

#3BB7BC #803BBC #BC403B #76BC3B

square

#3BB7BC #803BBC #BC403B #76BC3B

split-complementary

#3BB7BC #BC3B76 #BC803B

monochromatic

#1E5C5F #2C8A8D #3BB7BC #65CBCF #94DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#3BB7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB7BC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB7BC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.106 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd0',
    500: '#3bb7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb7bc;
$custom-light: #83cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.326,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71507,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.38428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB7BC

secondary

#C98D8A

accent

#524CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB7BC

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

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