#3BB8A6#3BB8A6

#3BB8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8A6
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -38.19, -0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 38.20, 181.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.1112 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.111 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8238, 37.9610, 42.0352)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8A6 #B83B4D

analogous

#3BB867 #3BB8A6 #3B8BB8

triadic

#3BB8A6 #A63BB8 #B8A63B

tetradic

#3BB8A6 #673BB8 #B83B4D #8BB83B

square

#3BB8A6 #673BB8 #B83B4D #8BB83B

split-complementary

#3BB8A6 #B83B8B #B8673B

monochromatic

#1D5B52 #2C8A7C #3BB8A6 #63CDBE #92DCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#3BB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8A6

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8A6	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec0',
    500: '#3bb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8a6;
$custom-light: #82cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.36,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71016,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8A6

secondary

#C78891

accent

#4D61DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8A6

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

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