#3BBCBE#3BBCBE

#3BBCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCBE
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -33.36, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 35.19, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1045 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.109 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0769, 40.6106, 55.0114)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCBE #BE3D3B

analogous

#3BBE7F #3BBCBE #3B7BBE

triadic

#3BBCBE #BE3BBC #BCBE3B

tetradic

#3BBCBE #7F3BBE #BE3D3B #7BBE3B

square

#3BBCBE #7F3BBE #BE3D3B #7BBE3B

split-complementary

#3BBCBE #BE3B7B #BE7F3B

monochromatic

#1E6061 #2C8E8F #3BBCBE #67CED0 #95DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3BBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#3BBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCBE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCBE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d1',
    500: '#3bbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcbe;
$custom-light: #84d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.916,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCBE

secondary

#CA8C8B

accent

#4E4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCBE

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

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