#3BBAB3#3BBAB3

#3BBAB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAB3
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -35.56, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 36.15, 190.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1073 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.109 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4955, 39.2991, 48.7755)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAB3 #BA3B42

analogous

#3BBA73 #3BBAB3 #3B81BA

triadic

#3BBAB3 #B33BBA #BAB33B

tetradic

#3BBAB3 #733BBA #BA3B42 #81BA3B

square

#3BBAB3 #733BBA #BA3B42 #81BA3B

split-complementary

#3BBAB3 #BA3B81 #BA733B

monochromatic

#1E5D5A #2C8C86 #3BBAB3 #64CEC8 #93DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BBAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#3BBAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAB3

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAB3	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfc9',
    500: '#3bbab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbab3;
$custom-light: #83cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.693,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71931,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAB3

secondary

#C8898C

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAB3

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

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