#3BBBAD#3BBBAD

#3BBBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBAD
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -37.67, -3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 37.79, 184.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.1111 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.111 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1132, 39.4845, 45.7194)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBAD #BB3B49

analogous

#3BBB6D #3BBBAD #3B89BB

triadic

#3BBBAD #AD3BBB #BBAD3B

tetradic

#3BBBAD #6D3BBB #BB3B49 #89BB3B

square

#3BBBAD #6D3BBB #BB3B49 #89BB3B

split-complementary

#3BBBAD #BB3B89 #BB6D3B

monochromatic

#1E5E57 #2C8C82 #3BBBAD #65CEC3 #93DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BBBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#3BBBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBAD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBAD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0c5',
    500: '#3bbbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbad;
$custom-light: #82d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.438,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71983,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBAD

secondary

#C88A90

accent

#4C5CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBAD

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

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