#3BBAB9#3BBAB9

#3BBAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAB9
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -33.86, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 35.18, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1047 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.108 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1155, 39.5472, 52.0411)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAB9 #BA3B3C

analogous

#3BBA7A #3BBAB9 #3B7BBA

triadic

#3BBAB9 #B93BBA #BAB93B

tetradic

#3BBAB9 #7A3BBA #BA3B3C #7BBA3B

square

#3BBAB9 #7A3BBA #BA3B3C #7BBA3B

split-complementary

#3BBAB9 #BA3B7B #BA7A3B

monochromatic

#1E5D5D #2C8C8B #3BBAB9 #64CECD #93DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BBAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#3BBAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAB9

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAB9	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfce',
    500: '#3bbab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbab9;
$custom-light: #83cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.528,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAB9

secondary

#C88989

accent

#4D4EDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAB9

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

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