#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
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -33.20, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 34.66, 196.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1031 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.107 195)
XYZ	xyz(27.5920, 38.6683, 51.3477)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BB8B8	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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