#3BB8B3#3BB8B3

#3BB8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB8B3
RGBrgb(59, 184, 179)
HSLhsl(178, 51%, 48%)
HSVhsv(178, 68%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(67.9%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.36, -34.62, -7.44)
CIE-LCHlch(68.36, 35.41, 192.12°)
OKLaboklab(71.44% -0.1053 -0.0207)
OKLCHoklch(71.44% 0.107 191.1)
XYZxyz(27.0771, 38.4624, 48.6360)
Luminance0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB8B3 #B83B40
analogous
#3BB874 #3BB8B3 #3B7EB8
triadic
#3BB8B3 #B33BB8 #B8B33B
tetradic
#3BB8B3 #743BB8 #B83B40 #7EB83B
square
#3BB8B3 #743BB8 #B83B40 #7EB83B
split-complementary
#3BB8B3 #B83B7E #B8743B
monochromatic
#1D5B59 #2C8A86 #3BB8B3 #63CDC9 #92DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#3BB8B3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69
#3BB8B3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8B3
8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB8B3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB8B31.002.428.698.69
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6921.001.001.00
##0000008.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADAFB3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA1B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 191.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec9',
    500: '#3bb8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb8b3;
$custom-light: #82cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71438,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB8B3
secondary
#C7888A
accent
#4D53DB
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8B3

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#3BB8B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva