#3BBACE#3BBACE

#3BBACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBACE
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -27.63, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 34.15, 216.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0958 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.111 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4983, 40.5003, 64.5905)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBACE #CE4F3B

analogous

#3BCE98 #3BBACE #3B71CE

triadic

#3BBACE #CE3BBA #BACE3B

tetradic

#3BBACE #983BCE #CE4F3B #71CE3B

square

#3BBACE #983BCE #CE4F3B #71CE3B

split-complementary

#3BBACE #CE3B71 #CE983B

monochromatic

#1D6672 #2992A3 #3BBACE #6CCBDA #9DDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3BBACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#3BBACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBACE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBACE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfdd',
    500: '#3bbace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbace;
$custom-light: #85cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.163,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBACE

secondary

#D39B92

accent

#5A45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBACE

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

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