#3BBBA5#3BBBA5

#3BBBA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBA5
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -39.81, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 39.82, 178.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1147 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.115 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3622, 39.1841, 41.7639)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBA5 #BB3B51

analogous

#3BBB65 #3BBBA5 #3B91BB

triadic

#3BBBA5 #A53BBB #BBA53B

tetradic

#3BBBA5 #653BBB #BB3B51 #91BB3B

square

#3BBBA5 #653BBB #BB3B51 #91BB3B

split-complementary

#3BBBA5 #BB3B91 #BB653B

monochromatic

#1E5E53 #2C8C7C #3BBBA5 #65CEBC #93DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3BBBA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#3BBBA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBA5

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBA5	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0bf',
    500: '#3bbba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbba5;
$custom-light: #82d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.688,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71735,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBA5

secondary

#C88A94

accent

#4C65DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBA5

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

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