#3BBCC8#3BBCC8

#3BBCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCC8
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -30.42, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 34.46, 208.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1003 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2076, 41.0628, 60.9663)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCC8 #C8473B

analogous

#3BC88D #3BBCC8 #3B76C8

triadic

#3BBCC8 #C83BBC #BCC83B

tetradic

#3BBCC8 #8D3BC8 #C8473B #76C83B

square

#3BBCC8 #8D3BC8 #C8473B #76C83B

split-complementary

#3BBCC8 #C83B76 #C88D3B

monochromatic

#1E646B #2B919A #3BBCC8 #6BCCD5 #9BDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#3BBCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#3BBCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCC8

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCC8	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0d8',
    500: '#3bbcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcc8;
$custom-light: #85d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73162,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCC8

secondary

#CF9590

accent

#5548DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCC8

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

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