#3BBCAC#3BBCAC

#3BBCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCAC
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -38.40, -2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 38.45, 183.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.1125 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.113 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2297, 39.8717, 45.2827)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCAC #BC3B4B

analogous

#3BBC6B #3BBCAC #3B8BBC

triadic

#3BBCAC #AC3BBC #BCAC3B

tetradic

#3BBCAC #6B3BBC #BC3B4B #8BBC3B

square

#3BBCAC #6B3BBC #BC3B4B #8BBC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCAC #BC3B8B #BC6B3B

monochromatic

#1E5F57 #2C8D81 #3BBCAC #65CFC2 #94DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BBCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#3BBCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCAC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCAC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c4',
    500: '#3bbcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcac;
$custom-light: #82d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.558,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCAC

secondary

#C98A92

accent

#4C5EDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCAC

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

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