#3BBCA6#3BBCA6

#3BBCA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCA6
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -39.99, 0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 40.00, 178.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1153 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.115 179)
XYZ	xyz(26.6664, 39.6464, 42.3161)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCA6 #BC3B51

analogous

#3BBC65 #3BBCA6 #3B91BC

triadic

#3BBCA6 #A63BBC #BCA63B

tetradic

#3BBCA6 #653BBC #BC3B51 #91BC3B

square

#3BBCA6 #653BBC #BC3B51 #91BC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCA6 #BC3B91 #BC653B

monochromatic

#1E5F54 #2C8D7D #3BBCA6 #65CFBD #94DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BBCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#3BBCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCA6

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCA6	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c0',
    500: '#3bbca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbca6;
$custom-light: #82d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.767,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72015,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.39649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCA6

secondary

#C98A95

accent

#4C65DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCA6

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

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