#3BBCB8#3BBCB8

#3BBCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCB8
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -35.08, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 36.02, 193.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.1072 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.11 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.4346, 40.3537, 51.6286)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCB8 #BC3B3F

analogous

#3BBC78 #3BBCB8 #3B7FBC

triadic

#3BBCB8 #B83BBC #BCB83B

tetradic

#3BBCB8 #783BBC #BC3B3F #7FBC3B

square

#3BBCB8 #783BBC #BC3B3F #7FBC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCB8 #BC3B7F #BC783B

monochromatic

#1E5F5D #2C8D8A #3BBCB8 #65CFCC #94DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3BBCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#3BBCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCB8

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCB8	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0cd',
    500: '#3bbcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcb8;
$custom-light: #83d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.14,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCB8

secondary

#C98A8C

accent

#4C51DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCB8

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

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