#3BB8A7#3BB8A7

#3BB8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8A7
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -37.93, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 37.95, 182.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.1107 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.111 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9159, 37.9979, 42.5202)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8A7 #B83B4C

analogous

#3BB868 #3BB8A7 #3B8AB8

triadic

#3BB8A7 #A73BB8 #B8A73B

tetradic

#3BB8A7 #683BB8 #B83B4C #8AB83B

square

#3BB8A7 #683BB8 #B83B4C #8AB83B

split-complementary

#3BB8A7 #B83B8A #B8683B

monochromatic

#1D5B53 #2C8A7D #3BB8A7 #63CDBF #92DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#3BB8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8A7

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8A7	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec1',
    500: '#3bb8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8a7;
$custom-light: #82cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.84,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8A7

secondary

#C78890

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8A7

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

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