#3BB8D0#3BB8D0

#3BB8D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8D0
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -26.01, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 34.05, 220.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.093 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.111 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3244, 39.7613, 65.7388)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8D0 #D0533B

analogous

#3BD09D #3BB8D0 #3B6ED0

triadic

#3BB8D0 #D03BB8 #B8D03B

tetradic

#3BB8D0 #9D3BD0 #D0533B #6ED03B

square

#3BB8D0 #9D3BD0 #D0533B #6ED03B

split-complementary

#3BB8D0 #D03B6E #D09D3B

monochromatic

#1C6675 #2892A6 #3BB8D0 #6CCADC #9EDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BB8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#3BB8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8D0

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8D0	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdde',
    500: '#3bb8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8d0;
$custom-light: #85cdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.664,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72509,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8D0

secondary

#D49D93

accent

#5D43E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8D0

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

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