#3B9B8A#3B9B8A

#3B9B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.093 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9B8A
RGB	rgb(59, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -32.25, 0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 32.25, 178.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0933 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.093 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1103, 26.2056, 28.1436)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9B8A #9B3B4C

analogous

#3B9B5A #3B9B8A #3B7C9B

triadic

#3B9B8A #8A3B9B #9B8A3B

tetradic

#3B9B8A #5A3B9B #9B3B4C #7C9B3B

square

#3B9B8A #5A3B9B #9B3B4C #7C9B3B

split-complementary

#3B9B8A #9B3B7C #9B5A3B

monochromatic

#19423B #2A6F63 #3B9B8A #55BEAC #81CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3B9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#3B9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9B8A

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9B8A	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.093 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9ac',
    500: '#3b9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9b8a;
$custom-light: #7cb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.375,
    "s": 44.86,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62821,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9B8A

secondary

#B97984

accent

#536AD5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9B8A

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

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