#3BB7C8#3BB7C8

#3BB7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB7C8
RGB	rgb(59, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -27.98, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 33.51, 213.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0953 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.108 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1580, 38.9635, 60.6164)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB7C8 #C84C3B

analogous

#3BC892 #3BB7C8 #3B70C8

triadic

#3BB7C8 #C83BB7 #B7C83B

tetradic

#3BB7C8 #923BC8 #C84C3B #70C83B

square

#3BB7C8 #923BC8 #C84C3B #70C83B

split-complementary

#3BB7C8 #C83B70 #C8923B

monochromatic

#1E616B #2B8D9A #3BB7C8 #6BC9D5 #9BDAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BB7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3BB7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB7C8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB7C8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd8',
    500: '#3bb7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb7c8;
$custom-light: #84cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.234,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71954,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB7C8

secondary

#CF9890

accent

#5B48DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB7C8

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

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