#3BBBB8#3BBBB8

#3BBBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBB8
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -34.61, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 35.67, 193.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1061 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.109 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2217, 39.9279, 51.5576)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBB8 #BB3B3E

analogous

#3BBB78 #3BBBB8 #3B7EBB

triadic

#3BBBB8 #B83BBB #BBB83B

tetradic

#3BBBB8 #783BBB #BB3B3E #7EBB3B

square

#3BBBB8 #783BBB #BB3B3E #7EBB3B

split-complementary

#3BBBB8 #BB3B7E #BB783B

monochromatic

#1E5E5C #2C8C8A #3BBBB8 #65CECC #93DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BBBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#3BBBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBB8

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBB8	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0cd',
    500: '#3bbbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbb8;
$custom-light: #83d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.594,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72346,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBB8

secondary

#C88A8B

accent

#4C50DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBB8

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

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