#3BB8B1#3BB8B1

#3BB8B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8B1
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 177)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -35.19, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 35.77, 190.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1062 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.108 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8763, 38.3820, 47.5785)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8B1 #B83B42

analogous

#3BB872 #3BB8B1 #3B80B8

triadic

#3BB8B1 #B13BB8 #B8B13B

tetradic

#3BB8B1 #723BB8 #B83B42 #80B83B

square

#3BB8B1 #723BB8 #B83B42 #80B83B

split-complementary

#3BB8B1 #B83B80 #B8723B

monochromatic

#1D5B58 #2C8A84 #3BB8B1 #63CDC7 #92DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB8B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#3BB8B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8B1

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8B1	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec8',
    500: '#3bb8b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8b1;
$custom-light: #82cec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.64,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71371,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8B1

secondary

#C7888B

accent

#4D55DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8B1

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

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