#3BBACC#3BBACC

#3BBACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBACC
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -28.24, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 34.08, 214.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0966 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.11 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2569, 40.4037, 63.3191)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBACC #CC4D3B

analogous

#3BCC96 #3BBACC #3B72CC

triadic

#3BBACC #CC3BBA #BACC3B

tetradic

#3BBACC #963BCC #CC4D3B #72CC3B

square

#3BBACC #963BCC #CC4D3B #72CC3B

split-complementary

#3BBACC #CC3B72 #CC963B

monochromatic

#1D6570 #2A91A0 #3BBACC #6CCBD9 #9CDCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3BBACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#3BBACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBACC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBACC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfdb',
    500: '#3bbacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbacc;
$custom-light: #85cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.448,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBACC

secondary

#D19992

accent

#5946E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBACC

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

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