#3BB8BF#3BB8BF

#3BB8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8BF
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -31.16, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 33.96, 203.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1001 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.107 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3439, 38.9691, 55.3081)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8BF #BF423B

analogous

#3BBF84 #3BB8BF #3B76BF

triadic

#3BB8BF #BF3BB8 #B8BF3B

tetradic

#3BB8BF #843BBF #BF423B #76BF3B

square

#3BB8BF #843BBF #BF423B #76BF3B

split-complementary

#3BB8BF #BF3B76 #BF843B

monochromatic

#1E5E61 #2D8B90 #3BB8BF #67CBD0 #96DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3BB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8BF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8BF	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)

#AAB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd2',
    500: '#3bb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8bf;
$custom-light: #84cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8BF

secondary

#CA8F8C

accent

#534CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8BF

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

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