#3BBAB8#3BBAB8

#3BBAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAB8
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -34.14, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 35.33, 194.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1051 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.108 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0103, 39.5051, 51.4871)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAB8 #BA3B3D

analogous

#3BBA78 #3BBAB8 #3B7CBA

triadic

#3BBAB8 #B83BBA #BAB83B

tetradic

#3BBAB8 #783BBA #BA3B3D #7CBA3B

square

#3BBAB8 #783BBA #BA3B3D #7CBA3B

split-complementary

#3BBAB8 #BA3B7C #BA783B

monochromatic

#1E5D5C #2C8C8A #3BBAB8 #64CECC #93DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BBAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#3BBAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAB8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAB8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfcd',
    500: '#3bbab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbab8;
$custom-light: #83cfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.055,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.721,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAB8

secondary

#C8898A

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAB8

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

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