#3BBBB3#3BBBB3

#3BBBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBB3
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -36.02, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 36.53, 189.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1084 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.11 189)
XYZ	xyz(27.7069, 39.7219, 48.8460)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBB3 #BB3B43

analogous

#3BBB73 #3BBBB3 #3B83BB

triadic

#3BBBB3 #B33BBB #BBB33B

tetradic

#3BBBB3 #733BBB #BB3B43 #83BB3B

square

#3BBBB3 #733BBB #BB3B43 #83BB3B

split-complementary

#3BBBB3 #BB3B83 #BB733B

monochromatic

#1E5E5A #2C8C86 #3BBBB3 #65CEC8 #93DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BBBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#3BBBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBB3

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBB3	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)

#B1B1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0c9',
    500: '#3bbbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbb3;
$custom-light: #83d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72178,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.39725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBB3

secondary

#C88A8D

accent

#4C55DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBB3

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

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