#3BB8CA#3BB8CA

#3BB8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8CA
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -27.86, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 33.72, 214.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0955 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.109 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6002, 39.4716, 61.9244)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8CA #CA4D3B

analogous

#3BCA94 #3BB8CA #3B70CA

triadic

#3BB8CA #CA3BB8 #B8CA3B

tetradic

#3BB8CA #943BCA #CA4D3B #70CA3B

square

#3BB8CA #943BCA #CA4D3B #70CA3B

split-complementary

#3BB8CA #CA3B70 #CA943B

monochromatic

#1E636D #2B8F9D #3BB8CA #6BC9D7 #9BDBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#3BB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8CA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8CA	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdda',
    500: '#3bb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8ca;
$custom-light: #85cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.552,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72272,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8CA

secondary

#D09991

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8CA

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

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