#3ABC9F#3ABC9F

#3ABC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3ABC9F
RGB	rgb(58, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -41.94, 4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 42.19, 173.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.119 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.12 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9830, 39.3662, 39.0232)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3ABC9F #BC3A57

analogous

#3ABC5E #3ABC9F #3A98BC

triadic

#3ABC9F #9F3ABC #BC9F3A

tetradic

#3ABC9F #5E3ABC #BC3A57 #98BC3A

square

#3ABC9F #5E3ABC #BC3A57 #98BC3A

split-complementary

#3ABC9F #BC3A98 #BC5E3A

monochromatic

#1D5E50 #2C8D77 #3ABC9F #64CFB7 #93DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3ABC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#3ABC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3ABC9F

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3ABC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3ABC9F	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3abc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bb',
    500: '#3abc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3abc9f;
$custom-light: #81d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3abc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.615,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71785,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3ABC9F

secondary

#C98997

accent

#4C6CDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3ABC9F

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

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