#3BB8B8#3BB8B8

#3BB8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB8B8
RGBrgb(59, 184, 184)
HSLhsl(180, 51%, 48%)
HSVhsv(180, 68%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(67.9%, 0%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.51, -33.20, -9.97)
CIE-LCHlch(68.51, 34.66, 196.71°)
OKLaboklab(71.61% -0.1031 -0.0277)
OKLCHoklch(71.61% 0.107 195)
XYZxyz(27.5920, 38.6683, 51.3477)
Luminance0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB8B8 #B83B3B
analogous
#3BB879 #3BB8B8 #3B79B8
triadic
#3BB8B8 #B83BB8 #B8B83B
tetradic
#3BB8B8 #793BB8 #B83B3B #79B83B
square
#3BB8B8 #793BB8 #B83B3B #79B83B
split-complementary
#3BB8B8 #B83B79 #B8793B
monochromatic
#1D5B5B #2C8A8A #3BB8B8 #63CDCD #92DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#3BB8B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73
#3BB8B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8B8
8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB8B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB8B81.002.408.738.73
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7321.001.001.00
##0000008.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACAFB8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A1B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 195.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecd',
    500: '#3bb8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb8b8;
$custom-light: #83cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7161,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.38671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB8B8
secondary
#C78888
accent
#4D4DDB
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8B8

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#3BB8B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva