#3BB8A9#3BB8A9

#3BB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8A9
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -37.39, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 37.46, 183.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.1098 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.11 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1022, 38.0724, 43.5015)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8A9 #B83B4A

analogous

#3BB86A #3BB8A9 #3B88B8

triadic

#3BB8A9 #A93BB8 #B8A93B

tetradic

#3BB8A9 #6A3BB8 #B83B4A #88B83B

square

#3BB8A9 #6A3BB8 #B83B4A #88B83B

split-complementary

#3BB8A9 #B83B88 #B86A3B

monochromatic

#1D5B54 #2C8A7E #3BB8A9 #63CDC0 #92DCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3BB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8A9

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8A9	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)

#AFAEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec2',
    500: '#3bb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8a9;
$custom-light: #82cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8A9

secondary

#C7888F

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8A9

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

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