#3BB8C1#3BB8C1

#3BB8C1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8C1
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 193)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -30.57, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 33.83, 205.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0992 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.107 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5655, 39.0577, 56.4751)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8C1 #C1443B

analogous

#3BC187 #3BB8C1 #3B75C1

triadic

#3BB8C1 #C13BB8 #B8C13B

tetradic

#3BB8C1 #873BC1 #C1443B #75C13B

square

#3BB8C1 #873BC1 #C1443B #75C13B

split-complementary

#3BB8C1 #C13B75 #C1873B

monochromatic

#1E5F63 #2D8B92 #3BB8C1 #68CAD1 #97DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3BB8C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#3BB8C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8C1

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8C1	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd3',
    500: '#3bb8c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8c1;
$custom-light: #84cdd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.03,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71932,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8C1

secondary

#CB918D

accent

#554BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8C1

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

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