#3BB8B6#3BB8B6

#3BB8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8B6
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -33.77, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 34.94, 194.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.104 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.107 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3838, 38.5850, 50.2514)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8B6 #B83B3D

analogous

#3BB877 #3BB8B6 #3B7BB8

triadic

#3BB8B6 #B63BB8 #B8B63B

tetradic

#3BB8B6 #773BB8 #B83B3D #7BB83B

square

#3BB8B6 #773BB8 #B83B3D #7BB83B

split-complementary

#3BB8B6 #B83B7B #B8773B

monochromatic

#1D5B5A #2C8A88 #3BB8B6 #63CDCB #92DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BB8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3BB8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8B6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8B6	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecb',
    500: '#3bb8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8b6;
$custom-light: #83cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.04,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8B6

secondary

#C78889

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8B6

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

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