#3BB8CB#3BB8CB

#3BB8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8CB
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -27.55, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 33.75, 215.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0951 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.109 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7190, 39.5191, 62.5500)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8CB #CB4E3B

analogous

#3BCB96 #3BB8CB #3B70CB

triadic

#3BB8CB #CB3BB8 #B8CB3B

tetradic

#3BB8CB #963BCB #CB4E3B #70CB3B

square

#3BB8CB #963BCB #CB4E3B #70CB3B

split-complementary

#3BB8CB #CB3B70 #CB963B

monochromatic

#1D646E #2A8F9F #3BB8CB #6BCAD8 #9CDBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#3BB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8CB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8CB	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)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdda',
    500: '#3bb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8cb;
$custom-light: #85cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72311,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8CB

secondary

#D19A91

accent

#5B47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8CB

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

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