#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
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -29.37, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 33.69, 209.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0975 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.108 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0178, 39.2386, 58.8570)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##3BB8C5	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3BB8C5

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

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