#3BBABC#3BBABC

#3BBABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBABC
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -32.99, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 34.81, 198.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1034 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.108 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4356, 39.6752, 53.7266)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBABC #BC3D3B

analogous

#3BBC7D #3BBABC #3B79BC

triadic

#3BBABC #BC3BBA #BABC3B

tetradic

#3BBABC #7D3BBC #BC3D3B #79BC3B

square

#3BBABC #7D3BBC #BC3D3B #79BC3B

split-complementary

#3BBABC #BC3B79 #BC7D3B

monochromatic

#1E5E5F #2C8C8D #3BBABC #65CDCF #94DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BBABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#3BBABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBABC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBABC	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfd0',
    500: '#3bbabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbabc;
$custom-light: #84cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.93,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7224,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBABC

secondary

#C98B8A

accent

#4E4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBABC

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

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