#3BB8A4#3BB8A4

#3BB8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8A4
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -38.73, 0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 38.73, 179.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.1121 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.112 180)
XYZ	xyz(25.6417, 37.8882, 41.0765)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8A4 #B83B4F

analogous

#3BB866 #3BB8A4 #3B8DB8

triadic

#3BB8A4 #A43BB8 #B8A43B

tetradic

#3BB8A4 #663BB8 #B83B4F #8DB83B

square

#3BB8A4 #663BB8 #B83B4F #8DB83B

split-complementary

#3BB8A4 #B83B8D #B8663B

monochromatic

#1D5B51 #2C8A7B #3BB8A4 #63CDBC #92DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#3BB8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8A4

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8A4	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cebe',
    500: '#3bb8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8a4;
$custom-light: #81cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.4,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.37891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8A4

secondary

#C78892

accent

#4D64DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8A4

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

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