#3BB8A8#3BB8A8

#3BB8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8A8
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -37.66, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 37.70, 182.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.1103 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.11 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0087, 38.0350, 43.0090)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8A8 #B83B4B

analogous

#3BB869 #3BB8A8 #3B89B8

triadic

#3BB8A8 #A83BB8 #B8A83B

tetradic

#3BB8A8 #693BB8 #B83B4B #89B83B

square

#3BB8A8 #693BB8 #B83B4B #89B83B

split-complementary

#3BB8A8 #B83B89 #B8693B

monochromatic

#1D5B53 #2C8A7E #3BB8A8 #63CDBF #92DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3BB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8A8

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8A8	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec1',
    500: '#3bb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8a8;
$custom-light: #82cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.32,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8A8

secondary

#C78890

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8A8

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

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