#3BB8A0#3BB8A0

#3BB8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.114 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8A0
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -39.77, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 39.84, 176.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.114 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.114 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2862, 37.7460, 39.2040)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8A0 #B83B53

analogous

#3BB862 #3BB8A0 #3B91B8

triadic

#3BB8A0 #A03BB8 #B8A03B

tetradic

#3BB8A0 #623BB8 #B83B53 #91B83B

square

#3BB8A0 #623BB8 #B83B53 #91B83B

split-complementary

#3BB8A0 #B83B91 #B8623B

monochromatic

#1D5B4F #2C8A78 #3BB8A0 #63CDB9 #92DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3BB8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#3BB8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8A0

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8A0	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.114 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cebc',
    500: '#3bb8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8a0;
$custom-light: #81cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.48,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70834,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8A0

secondary

#C78894

accent

#4D68DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8A0

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

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