#3BB8C5#3BB8C5

#3BB8C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB8C5
RGBrgb(59, 184, 197)
HSLhsl(186, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(186, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.92, -29.37, -16.50)
CIE-LCHlch(68.92, 33.69, 209.32°)
OKLaboklab(72.08% -0.0975 -0.0458)
OKLCHoklch(72.08% 0.108 205.2)
XYZxyz(29.0178, 39.2386, 58.8570)
Luminance0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB8C5 #C5483B
analogous
#3BC58D #3BB8C5 #3B73C5
triadic
#3BB8C5 #C53BB8 #B8C53B
tetradic
#3BB8C5 #8D3BC5 #C5483B #73C53B
square
#3BB8C5 #8D3BC5 #C5483B #73C53B
split-complementary
#3BB8C5 #C53B73 #C58D3B
monochromatic
#1F6067 #2C8C96 #3BB8C5 #6AC9D3 #99DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#3BB8C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85
#3BB8C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8C5
8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB8C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB8C51.002.378.858.85
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8521.001.001.00
##0000008.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9B1C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A2C5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb8c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 205.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd6',
    500: '#3bb8c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb8c5;
$custom-light: #84cdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb8c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.652,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB8C5
secondary
#CD958F
accent
#584ADE
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#3BB8C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva