#3BBCC0#3BBCC0

#3BBCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCC0
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -32.78, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 34.98, 200.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1037 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.109 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2970, 40.6986, 56.1705)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCC0 #C03F3B

analogous

#3BC082 #3BBCC0 #3B79C0

triadic

#3BBCC0 #C03BBC #BCC03B

tetradic

#3BBCC0 #823BC0 #C03F3B #79C03B

square

#3BBCC0 #823BC0 #C03F3B #79C03B

split-complementary

#3BBCC0 #C03B79 #C0823B

monochromatic

#1E6062 #2D8E91 #3BBCC0 #68CDD1 #97DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3BBCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#3BBCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCC0

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCC0	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d3',
    500: '#3bbcc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcc0;
$custom-light: #84d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.805,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7287,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCC0

secondary

#CA8E8C

accent

#504BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCC0

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

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