#3BB8C2#3BB8C2

#3BB8C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8C2
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -30.27, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 33.78, 206.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0988 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.107 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6775, 39.1025, 57.0646)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8C2 #C2453B

analogous

#3BC288 #3BB8C2 #3B75C2

triadic

#3BB8C2 #C23BB8 #B8C23B

tetradic

#3BB8C2 #883BC2 #C2453B #75C23B

square

#3BB8C2 #883BC2 #C2453B #75C23B

split-complementary

#3BB8C2 #C23B75 #C2883B

monochromatic

#1E5F64 #2D8B93 #3BB8C2 #69CAD1 #98DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3BB8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#3BB8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8C2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8C2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd4',
    500: '#3bb8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8c2;
$custom-light: #84cdd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8C2

secondary

#CB928E

accent

#564BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8C2

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

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