#3BB8A3#3BB8A3

#3BB8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8A3
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -38.99, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 39.00, 178.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.1126 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.113 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5518, 37.8522, 40.6028)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8A3 #B83B50

analogous

#3BB865 #3BB8A3 #3B8EB8

triadic

#3BB8A3 #A33BB8 #B8A33B

tetradic

#3BB8A3 #653BB8 #B83B50 #8EB83B

square

#3BB8A3 #653BB8 #B83B50 #8EB83B

split-complementary

#3BB8A3 #B83B8E #B8653B

monochromatic

#1D5B51 #2C8A7A #3BB8A3 #63CDBB #92DCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#3BB8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8A3

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8A3	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cebe',
    500: '#3bb8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8a3;
$custom-light: #81cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.92,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70924,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8A3

secondary

#C78892

accent

#4D65DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8A3

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

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