#3BB8BB#3BB8BB

#3BB8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8BB
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -32.33, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 34.31, 199.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.1018 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.107 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9098, 38.7954, 53.0214)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8BB #BB3E3B

analogous

#3BBB7E #3BB8BB #3B78BB

triadic

#3BB8BB #BB3BB8 #B8BB3B

tetradic

#3BB8BB #7E3BBB #BB3E3B #78BB3B

square

#3BB8BB #7E3BBB #BB3E3B #78BB3B

split-complementary

#3BB8BB #BB3B78 #BB7E3B

monochromatic

#1E5C5E #2C8A8C #3BB8BB #65CCCE #93DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3BB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#3BB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8BB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8BB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecf',
    500: '#3bb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8bb;
$custom-light: #83cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.406,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71715,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8BB

secondary

#C88B8A

accent

#504CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8BB

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

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