#3BBBC6#3BBBC6

#3BBBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBC6
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -30.53, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 34.31, 207.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1001 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.109 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7625, 40.5442, 59.6724)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBC6 #C6463B

analogous

#3BC68B #3BBBC6 #3B75C6

triadic

#3BBBC6 #C63BBB #BBC63B

tetradic

#3BBBC6 #8B3BC6 #C6463B #75C63B

square

#3BBBC6 #8B3BC6 #C6463B #75C63B

split-complementary

#3BBBC6 #C63B75 #C68B3B

monochromatic

#1E6268 #2C8F98 #3BBBC6 #6ACBD4 #9ADCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3BBBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#3BBBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBC6

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBC6	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0d7',
    500: '#3bbbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbc6;
$custom-light: #85d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.748,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBC6

secondary

#CD948F

accent

#554ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBC6

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

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