#3BB8AD#3BB8AD

#3BB8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8AD
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 173)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -36.30, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 36.56, 186.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.108 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.109 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4834, 38.2249, 45.5095)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8AD #B83B46

analogous

#3BB86E #3BB8AD #3B84B8

triadic

#3BB8AD #AD3BB8 #B8AD3B

tetradic

#3BB8AD #6E3BB8 #B83B46 #84B83B

square

#3BB8AD #6E3BB8 #B83B46 #84B83B

split-complementary

#3BB8AD #B83B84 #B86E3B

monochromatic

#1D5B56 #2C8A81 #3BB8AD #63CDC4 #92DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#3BB8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8AD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8AD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec5',
    500: '#3bb8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8ad;
$custom-light: #82cec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.72,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71239,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8AD

secondary

#C7888D

accent

#4D59DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8AD

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

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