#3BBAA6#3BBAA6

#3BBAA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAA6
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -39.10, 0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 39.10, 179.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.1133 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.113 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2422, 38.7978, 42.1747)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAA6 #BA3B4F

analogous

#3BBA66 #3BBAA6 #3B8EBA

triadic

#3BBAA6 #A63BBA #BAA63B

tetradic

#3BBAA6 #663BBA #BA3B4F #8EBA3B

square

#3BBAA6 #663BBA #BA3B4F #8EBA3B

split-complementary

#3BBAA6 #BA3B8E #BA663B

monochromatic

#1E5D53 #2C8C7D #3BBAA6 #64CEBD #93DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3BBAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#3BBAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAA6

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAA6	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfc0',
    500: '#3bbaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbaa6;
$custom-light: #82cfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.551,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAA6

secondary

#C88993

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAA6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →