#3BB8CC#3BB8CC

#3BB8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8CC
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -27.25, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 33.79, 216.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0946 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.11 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8385, 39.5669, 63.1796)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8CC #CC4F3B

analogous

#3BCC98 #3BB8CC #3B70CC

triadic

#3BB8CC #CC3BB8 #B8CC3B

tetradic

#3BB8CC #983BCC #CC4F3B #70CC3B

square

#3BB8CC #983BCC #CC4F3B #70CC3B

split-complementary

#3BB8CC #CC3B70 #CC983B

monochromatic

#1D6470 #2A90A0 #3BB8CC #6CCAD9 #9CDBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#3BB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8CC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8CC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cddb',
    500: '#3bb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8cc;
$custom-light: #85cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7235,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8CC

secondary

#D19A92

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8CC

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

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