#3BBBB5#3BBBB5

#3BBBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBB5
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -35.46, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 36.16, 191.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1075 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.109 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9106, 39.8034, 49.9190)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBB5 #BB3B41

analogous

#3BBB75 #3BBBB5 #3B81BB

triadic

#3BBBB5 #B53BBB #BBB53B

tetradic

#3BBBB5 #753BBB #BB3B41 #81BB3B

square

#3BBBB5 #753BBB #BB3B41 #81BB3B

split-complementary

#3BBBB5 #BB3B81 #BB753B

monochromatic

#1E5E5B #2C8C88 #3BBBB5 #65CEC9 #93DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BBBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#3BBBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBB5

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBB5	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0cb',
    500: '#3bbbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbb5;
$custom-light: #83d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.188,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72244,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBB5

secondary

#C88A8C

accent

#4C53DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBB5

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

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