#3BB8A2#3BB8A2

#3BB8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8A2
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -39.25, 1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 39.27, 178.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.113 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.113 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4626, 37.8165, 40.1328)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8A2 #B83B51

analogous

#3BB864 #3BB8A2 #3B8FB8

triadic

#3BB8A2 #A23BB8 #B8A23B

tetradic

#3BB8A2 #643BB8 #B83B51 #8FB83B

square

#3BB8A2 #643BB8 #B83B51 #8FB83B

split-complementary

#3BB8A2 #B83B8F #B8643B

monochromatic

#1D5B50 #2C8A79 #3BB8A2 #63CDBA #92DCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#3BB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8A2

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8A2	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)

#B1ADA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cebd',
    500: '#3bb8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8a2;
$custom-light: #81cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.44,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70894,
    "c": 0.11307,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8A2

secondary

#C78893

accent

#4D66DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8A2

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

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