#3BB8AE#3BB8AE

#3BB8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8AE
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -36.02, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 36.35, 187.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.1075 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.108 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5806, 38.2637, 46.0210)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8AE #B83B45

analogous

#3BB86F #3BB8AE #3B83B8

triadic

#3BB8AE #AE3BB8 #B8AE3B

tetradic

#3BB8AE #6F3BB8 #B83B45 #83B83B

square

#3BB8AE #6F3BB8 #B83B45 #83B83B

split-complementary

#3BB8AE #B83B83 #B86F3B

monochromatic

#1D5B56 #2C8A82 #3BB8AE #63CDC5 #92DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#3BB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8AE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8AE	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)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec6',
    500: '#3bb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8ae;
$custom-light: #82cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71271,
    "c": 0.10844,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8AE

secondary

#C7888D

accent

#4D58DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8AE

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

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