#3BBBB4#3BBBB4

#3BBBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBB4
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -35.74, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 36.34, 190.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1079 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.109 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8084, 39.7625, 49.3805)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBB4 #BB3B42

analogous

#3BBB74 #3BBBB4 #3B82BB

triadic

#3BBBB4 #B43BBB #BBB43B

tetradic

#3BBBB4 #743BBB #BB3B42 #82BB3B

square

#3BBBB4 #743BBB #BB3B42 #82BB3B

split-complementary

#3BBBB4 #BB3B82 #BB743B

monochromatic

#1E5E5A #2C8C87 #3BBBB4 #65CEC9 #93DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BBBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#3BBBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBB4

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBB4	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0ca',
    500: '#3bbbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbb4;
$custom-light: #83d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.719,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72211,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBB4

secondary

#C88A8D

accent

#4C54DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBB4

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

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