#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
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -34.62, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 35.41, 192.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1053 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.107 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0771, 38.4624, 48.6360)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BB8B3	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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