#3BBBB6#3BBBB6

#3BBBB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBB6
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -35.18, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 35.99, 192.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.107 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.109 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0136, 39.8446, 50.4613)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBB6 #BB3B40

analogous

#3BBB76 #3BBBB6 #3B80BB

triadic

#3BBBB6 #B63BBB #BBB63B

tetradic

#3BBBB6 #763BBB #BB3B40 #80BB3B

square

#3BBBB6 #763BBB #BB3B40 #80BB3B

split-complementary

#3BBBB6 #BB3B80 #BB763B

monochromatic

#1E5E5B #2C8C89 #3BBBB6 #65CECA #93DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BBBB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#3BBBB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBB6

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBB6	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0cb',
    500: '#3bbbb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbb6;
$custom-light: #83d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.656,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBB6

secondary

#C88A8C

accent

#4C52DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBB6

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

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