#3BB8AB#3BB8AB

#3BB8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8AB
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -36.84, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 37.00, 185.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.1089 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.109 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2914, 38.1481, 44.4979)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8AB #B83B48

analogous

#3BB86C #3BB8AB #3B86B8

triadic

#3BB8AB #AB3BB8 #B8AB3B

tetradic

#3BB8AB #6C3BB8 #B83B48 #86B83B

square

#3BB8AB #6C3BB8 #B83B48 #86B83B

split-complementary

#3BB8AB #B83B86 #B86C3B

monochromatic

#1D5B55 #2C8A80 #3BB8AB #63CDC2 #92DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#3BB8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8AB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8AB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec3',
    500: '#3bb8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8ab;
$custom-light: #82cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.76,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71174,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8AB

secondary

#C7888E

accent

#4D5CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8AB

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

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