#3B9986#3B9986

#3B9986 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.093 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9986
RGB	rgb(59, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -32.36, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 32.41, 176.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.093 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.093 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4959, 25.4317, 26.5364)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9986 #993B4E

analogous

#3B9957 #3B9986 #3B7D99

triadic

#3B9986 #863B99 #99863B

tetradic

#3B9986 #573B99 #993B4E #7D993B

square

#3B9986 #573B99 #993B4E #7D993B

split-complementary

#3B9986 #993B7D #99573B

monochromatic

#194139 #2A6D5F #3B9986 #54BDA8 #80CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#3B9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#3B9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9986

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9986	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.093 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7a9',
    500: '#3b9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9986;
$custom-light: #7bb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.872,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62185,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9986

secondary

#B87885

accent

#546ED4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9986

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

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