#3BBAB6#3BBAB6

#3BBAB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAB6
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -34.71, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 35.63, 193.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.106 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.108 192)
XYZ	xyz(27.8022, 39.4218, 50.3908)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAB6 #BA3B3F

analogous

#3BBA76 #3BBAB6 #3B7EBA

triadic

#3BBAB6 #B63BBA #BAB63B

tetradic

#3BBAB6 #763BBA #BA3B3F #7EBA3B

square

#3BBAB6 #763BBA #BA3B3F #7EBA3B

split-complementary

#3BBAB6 #BA3B7E #BA763B

monochromatic

#1E5D5B #2C8C89 #3BBAB6 #64CECB #93DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BBAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#3BBAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAB6

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAB6	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfcb',
    500: '#3bbab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbab6;
$custom-light: #83cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.11,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72032,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.39425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAB6

secondary

#C8898B

accent

#4D51DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAB6

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

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