#3BBCA5#3BBCA5

#3BBCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCA5
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -40.25, 1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 40.28, 177.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.1158 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.116 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5751, 39.6098, 41.8349)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCA5 #BC3B52

analogous

#3BBC64 #3BBCA5 #3B92BC

triadic

#3BBCA5 #A53BBC #BCA53B

tetradic

#3BBCA5 #643BBC #BC3B52 #92BC3B

square

#3BBCA5 #643BBC #BC3B52 #92BC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCA5 #BC3B92 #BC643B

monochromatic

#1E5F53 #2C8D7C #3BBCA5 #65CFBC #94DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BBCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#3BBCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCA5

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCA5	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1bf',
    500: '#3bbca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbca5;
$custom-light: #82d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.302,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71985,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCA5

secondary

#C98A95

accent

#4C66DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCA5

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

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