#3BBCB2#3BBCB2

#3BBCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCB2
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -36.76, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 37.11, 187.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1098 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.111 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8190, 40.1074, 48.3862)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCB2 #BC3B45

analogous

#3BBC71 #3BBCB2 #3B85BC

triadic

#3BBCB2 #B23BBC #BCB23B

tetradic

#3BBCB2 #713BBC #BC3B45 #85BC3B

square

#3BBCB2 #713BBC #BC3B45 #85BC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCB2 #BC3B85 #BC713B

monochromatic

#1E5F5A #2C8D86 #3BBCB2 #65CFC7 #94DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3BBCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#3BBCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCB2

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCB2	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1c9',
    500: '#3bbcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcb2;
$custom-light: #83d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.349,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCB2

secondary

#C98A8F

accent

#4C57DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCB2

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

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