#3BBEA4#3BBEA4

#3BBEA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBEA4
RGB	rgb(59, 190, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 13.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -41.39, 2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 41.49, 176.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1183 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.118 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9146, 40.4340, 41.5008)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBEA4 #BE3B55

analogous

#3BBE63 #3BBEA4 #3B97BE

triadic

#3BBEA4 #A43BBE #BEA43B

tetradic

#3BBEA4 #633BBE #BE3B55 #97BE3B

square

#3BBEA4 #633BBE #BE3B55 #97BE3B

split-complementary

#3BBEA4 #BE3B97 #BE633B

monochromatic

#1E6153 #2C8F7C #3BBEA4 #67D0BB #95DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3BBEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#3BBEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBEA4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBEA4	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 190, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2be',
    500: '#3bbea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbea4;
$custom-light: #82d2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.092,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72455,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBEA4

secondary

#CA8B98

accent

#4C68DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBEA4

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

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