#3BBCB3#3BBCB3

#3BBCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCB3
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -36.48, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 36.91, 188.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1094 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.111 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9198, 40.1477, 48.9169)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCB3 #BC3B44

analogous

#3BBC72 #3BBCB3 #3B84BC

triadic

#3BBCB3 #B33BBC #BCB33B

tetradic

#3BBCB3 #723BBC #BC3B44 #84BC3B

square

#3BBCB3 #723BBC #BC3B44 #84BC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCB3 #BC3B84 #BC723B

monochromatic

#1E5F5A #2C8D87 #3BBCB3 #65CFC7 #94DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3BBCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#3BBCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCB3

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCB3	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1c9',
    500: '#3bbcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcb3;
$custom-light: #83d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72424,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCB3

secondary

#C98A8E

accent

#4C56DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCB3

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

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