#3BBAB4#3BBAB4

#3BBAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAB4
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -35.28, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 35.97, 191.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1069 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.109 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5970, 39.3397, 49.3101)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAB4 #BA3B41

analogous

#3BBA74 #3BBAB4 #3B81BA

triadic

#3BBAB4 #B43BBA #BAB43B

tetradic

#3BBAB4 #743BBA #BA3B41 #81BA3B

square

#3BBAB4 #743BBA #BA3B41 #81BA3B

split-complementary

#3BBAB4 #BA3B81 #BA743B

monochromatic

#1E5D5A #2C8C87 #3BBAB4 #64CEC9 #93DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BBAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#3BBAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAB4

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAB4	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfca',
    500: '#3bbab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbab4;
$custom-light: #83cfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.165,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71964,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAB4

secondary

#C8898C

accent

#4D53DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAB4

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

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