#3BB8BA#3BB8BA

#3BB8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8BA
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -32.62, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 34.42, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.1022 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.107 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8031, 38.7528, 52.4596)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8BA #BA3D3B

analogous

#3BBA7C #3BB8BA #3B78BA

triadic

#3BB8BA #BA3BB8 #B8BA3B

tetradic

#3BB8BA #7C3BBA #BA3D3B #78BA3B

square

#3BB8BA #7C3BBA #BA3D3B #78BA3B

split-complementary

#3BB8BA #BA3B78 #BA7C3B

monochromatic

#1E5C5D #2C8A8C #3BB8BA #64CCCE #93DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3BB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#3BB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8BA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8BA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cece',
    500: '#3bb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8ba;
$custom-light: #83cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.945,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7168,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8BA

secondary

#C88A89

accent

#4F4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8BA

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

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