#3BB8A1#3BB8A1

#3BB8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8A1
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 12.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -39.51, 1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 39.55, 177.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.1135 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.114 178)
XYZ	xyz(25.3740, 37.7811, 39.6665)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8A1 #B83B52

analogous

#3BB863 #3BB8A1 #3B90B8

triadic

#3BB8A1 #A13BB8 #B8A13B

tetradic

#3BB8A1 #633BB8 #B83B52 #90B83B

square

#3BB8A1 #633BB8 #B83B52 #90B83B

split-complementary

#3BB8A1 #B83B90 #B8633B

monochromatic

#1D5B50 #2C8A78 #3BB8A1 #63CDBA #92DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#3BB8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8A1

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8A1	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cebc',
    500: '#3bb8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8a1;
$custom-light: #81cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.96,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70864,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.37784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8A1

secondary

#C78893

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8A1

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

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