#3BB8C0#3BB8C0

#3BB8C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8C0
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 192)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -30.87, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 33.89, 204.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0996 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4544, 39.0133, 55.8896)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8C0 #C0433B

analogous

#3BC086 #3BB8C0 #3B76C0

triadic

#3BB8C0 #C03BB8 #B8C03B

tetradic

#3BB8C0 #863BC0 #C0433B #76C03B

square

#3BB8C0 #863BC0 #C0433B #76C03B

split-complementary

#3BB8C0 #C03B76 #C0863B

monochromatic

#1E5E62 #2D8B91 #3BB8C0 #68CAD1 #97DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BB8C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#3BB8C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8C0

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8C0	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd3',
    500: '#3bb8c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8c0;
$custom-light: #84cdd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.609,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71896,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8C0

secondary

#CA908C

accent

#544BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8C0

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

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