#3BB8BD#3BB8BD

#3BB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.107 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8BD
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -31.75, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 34.12, 201.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.1009 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.107 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1254, 38.8817, 54.1569)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8BD #BD403B

analogous

#3BBD81 #3BB8BD #3B77BD

triadic

#3BB8BD #BD3BB8 #B8BD3B

tetradic

#3BB8BD #813BBD #BD403B #77BD3B

square

#3BB8BD #813BBD #BD403B #77BD3B

split-complementary

#3BB8BD #BD3B77 #BD813B

monochromatic

#1E5D60 #2C8B8E #3BB8BD #66CBCF #95DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#3BB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8BD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8BD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.107 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd0',
    500: '#3bb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8bd;
$custom-light: #83cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71787,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8BD

secondary

#C98D8B

accent

#514CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8BD

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

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