#3BBCA8#3BBCA8

#3BBCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCA8
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -39.46, -0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 39.46, 180.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1144 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.114 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8513, 39.7203, 43.2899)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCA8 #BC3B4F

analogous

#3BBC67 #3BBCA8 #3B8FBC

triadic

#3BBCA8 #A83BBC #BCA83B

tetradic

#3BBCA8 #673BBC #BC3B4F #8FBC3B

square

#3BBCA8 #673BBC #BC3B4F #8FBC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCA8 #BC3B8F #BC673B

monochromatic

#1E5F55 #2C8D7E #3BBCA8 #65CFBE #94DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BBCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#3BBCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCA8

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCA8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c1',
    500: '#3bbca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbca8;
$custom-light: #82d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.698,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCA8

secondary

#C98A94

accent

#4C62DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCA8

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

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