#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
RGB	rgb(59, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -41.14, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 41.20, 176.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1178 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.118 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0053, 40.4702, 41.9783)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BBEA5	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)

#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

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

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