#3BBEA5#3BBEA5

#3BBEA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BBEA5
RGBrgb(59, 190, 165)
HSLhsl(169, 53%, 49%)
HSVhsv(169, 69%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.80, -41.14, 2.37)
CIE-LCHlch(69.80, 41.20, 176.70°)
OKLaboklab(72.48% -0.1178 0.0056)
OKLCHoklch(72.48% 0.118 177.3)
XYZxyz(27.0053, 40.4702, 41.9783)
Luminance0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BBEA5 #BE3B54
analogous
#3BBE64 #3BBEA5 #3B96BE
triadic
#3BBEA5 #A53BBE #BEA53B
tetradic
#3BBEA5 #643BBE #BE3B54 #96BE3B
square
#3BBEA5 #643BBE #BE3B54 #96BE3B
split-complementary
#3BBEA5 #BE3B96 #BE643B
monochromatic
#1E6154 #2C8F7C #3BBEA5 #67D0BC #95DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#3BBEA5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09
#3BBEA5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBEA5
9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BBEA5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BBEA51.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7B2A4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4A5A7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bbea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 177.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2bf',
    500: '#3bbea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bbea5;
$custom-light: #82d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bbea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.55,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72484,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BBEA5
secondary
#CA8B97
accent
#4C67DC
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBEA5

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#3BBEA5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva