#3BB8BE#3BB8BE

#3BB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.107 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8BE
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -31.46, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 34.03, 202.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1005 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.107 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2343, 38.9252, 54.7305)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8BE #BE413B

analogous

#3BBE83 #3BB8BE #3B77BE

triadic

#3BB8BE #BE3BB8 #B8BE3B

tetradic

#3BB8BE #833BBE #BE413B #77BE3B

square

#3BB8BE #833BBE #BE413B #77BE3B

split-complementary

#3BB8BE #BE3B77 #BE833B

monochromatic

#1E5E61 #2C8B8F #3BB8BE #67CBD0 #95DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3BB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8BE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8BE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.107 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd1',
    500: '#3bb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8be;
$custom-light: #83cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.748,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71823,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8BE

secondary

#CA8E8B

accent

#524CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8BE

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

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