#3BB8BC#3BB8BC

#3BB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.107 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8BC
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -32.04, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 34.21, 200.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1014 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.107 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0172, 38.8384, 53.5872)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8BC #BC3F3B

analogous

#3BBC7F #3BB8BC #3B78BC

triadic

#3BB8BC #BC3BB8 #B8BC3B

tetradic

#3BB8BC #7F3BBC #BC3F3B #78BC3B

square

#3BB8BC #7F3BBC #BC3F3B #78BC3B

split-complementary

#3BB8BC #BC3B78 #BC7F3B

monochromatic

#1E5D5F #2C8A8D #3BB8BC #65CCCF #94DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#3BB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8BC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8BC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.107 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced0',
    500: '#3bb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8bc;
$custom-light: #83ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.86,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8BC

secondary

#C98C8A

accent

#514CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8BC

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

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