#3BBCB5#3BBCB5

#3BBCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCB5
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -35.92, -6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 36.53, 190.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1085 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.11 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1235, 40.2292, 49.9899)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCB5 #BC3B42

analogous

#3BBC74 #3BBCB5 #3B82BC

triadic

#3BBCB5 #B53BBC #BCB53B

tetradic

#3BBCB5 #743BBC #BC3B42 #82BC3B

square

#3BBCB5 #743BBC #BC3B42 #82BC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCB5 #BC3B82 #BC743B

monochromatic

#1E5F5B #2C8D88 #3BBCB5 #65CFC9 #94DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3BBCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#3BBCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCB5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCB5	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0cb',
    500: '#3bbcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcb5;
$custom-light: #83d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.744,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72491,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCB5

secondary

#C98A8E

accent

#4C54DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCB5

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

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