#3BBAB5#3BBAB5

#3BBAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAB5
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -34.99, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 35.80, 192.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1065 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.109 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6992, 39.3806, 49.8485)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAB5 #BA3B40

analogous

#3BBA75 #3BBAB5 #3B7FBA

triadic

#3BBAB5 #B53BBA #BAB53B

tetradic

#3BBAB5 #753BBA #BA3B40 #7FBA3B

square

#3BBAB5 #753BBA #BA3B40 #7FBA3B

split-complementary

#3BBAB5 #BA3B7F #BA753B

monochromatic

#1E5D5B #2C8C88 #3BBAB5 #64CECA #93DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BBAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#3BBAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAB5

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAB5	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfcb',
    500: '#3bbab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbab5;
$custom-light: #83cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.638,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71998,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAB5

secondary

#C8898B

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAB5

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

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