#3BBAB7#3BBAB7

#3BBAB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAB7
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 183)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -34.43, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 35.48, 193.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1056 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.108 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9059, 39.4633, 50.9370)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAB7 #BA3B3E

analogous

#3BBA78 #3BBAB7 #3B7DBA

triadic

#3BBAB7 #B73BBA #BAB73B

tetradic

#3BBAB7 #783BBA #BA3B3E #7DBA3B

square

#3BBAB7 #783BBA #BA3B3E #7DBA3B

split-complementary

#3BBAB7 #BA3B7D #BA783B

monochromatic

#1E5D5C #2C8C89 #3BBAB7 #64CECB #93DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BBAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#3BBAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAB7

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAB7	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)

#AFB1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfcc',
    500: '#3bbab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbab7;
$custom-light: #83cfcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.583,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAB7

secondary

#C8898A

accent

#4D50DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAB7

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

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