#3BBBC5#3BBBC5

#3BBBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBC5
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -30.83, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 34.35, 206.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1005 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.109 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6476, 40.4982, 59.0669)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBC5 #C5453B

analogous

#3BC58A #3BBBC5 #3B76C5

triadic

#3BBBC5 #C53BBB #BBC53B

tetradic

#3BBBC5 #8A3BC5 #C5453B #76C53B

square

#3BBBC5 #8A3BC5 #C5453B #76C53B

split-complementary

#3BBBC5 #C53B76 #C58A3B

monochromatic

#1F6267 #2C8F96 #3BBBC5 #6ACBD3 #99DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3BBBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#3BBBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBC5

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBC5	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d6',
    500: '#3bbbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbc5;
$custom-light: #84d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72808,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBC5

secondary

#CD948F

accent

#554ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBC5

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

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