#3BBCBF#3BBCBF

#3BBCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCBF
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -33.07, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 35.08, 199.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1041 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.109 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1866, 40.6544, 55.5890)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCBF #BF3E3B

analogous

#3BBF80 #3BBCBF #3B7ABF

triadic

#3BBCBF #BF3BBC #BCBF3B

tetradic

#3BBCBF #803BBF #BF3E3B #7ABF3B

square

#3BBCBF #803BBF #BF3E3B #7ABF3B

split-complementary

#3BBCBF #BF3B7A #BF803B

monochromatic

#1E6061 #2D8E90 #3BBCBF #67CED0 #96DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3BBCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#3BBCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCBF

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCBF	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d2',
    500: '#3bbcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcbf;
$custom-light: #84d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCBF

secondary

#CA8D8C

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCBF

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

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