#3BBCB4#3BBCB4

#3BBCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCB4
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -36.20, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 36.72, 189.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1089 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.11 189)
XYZ	xyz(28.0213, 40.1883, 49.4515)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCB4 #BC3B43

analogous

#3BBC73 #3BBCB4 #3B83BC

triadic

#3BBCB4 #B43BBC #BCB43B

tetradic

#3BBCB4 #733BBC #BC3B43 #83BC3B

square

#3BBCB4 #733BBC #BC3B43 #83BC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCB4 #BC3B83 #BC733B

monochromatic

#1E5F5B #2C8D87 #3BBCB4 #65CFC8 #94DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3BBCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#3BBCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCB4

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCB4	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1ca',
    500: '#3bbcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcb4;
$custom-light: #83d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.279,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.40192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCB4

secondary

#C98A8E

accent

#4C55DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCB4

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

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