#3BBBB7#3BBBB7

#3BBBB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBB7
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 183)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -34.90, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 35.83, 193.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1066 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.109 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.1173, 39.8861, 51.0075)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBB7 #BB3B3F

analogous

#3BBB77 #3BBBB7 #3B7FBB

triadic

#3BBBB7 #B73BBB #BBB73B

tetradic

#3BBBB7 #773BBB #BB3B3F #7FBB3B

square

#3BBBB7 #773BBB #BB3B3F #7FBB3B

split-complementary

#3BBBB7 #BB3B7F #BB773B

monochromatic

#1E5E5C #2C8C89 #3BBBB7 #65CECB #93DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BBBB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#3BBBB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBB7

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBB7	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0cc',
    500: '#3bbbb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbb7;
$custom-light: #83d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72312,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.39889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBB7

secondary

#C88A8B

accent

#4C51DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBB7

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

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