#3B9CA5#3B9CA5

#3B9CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.090 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9CA5
RGB	rgb(59, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -25.08, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 28.28, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0821 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.09 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4807, 27.4211, 39.8035)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9CA5 #A5443B

analogous

#3BA579 #3B9CA5 #3B67A5

triadic

#3B9CA5 #A53B9C #9CA53B

tetradic

#3B9CA5 #793BA5 #A5443B #67A53B

square

#3B9CA5 #793BA5 #A5443B #67A53B

split-complementary

#3B9CA5 #A53B67 #A5793B

monochromatic

#1B474B #2B7178 #3B9CA5 #59BBC4 #86CDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#3B9CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#3B9CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9CA5

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9CA5	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.090 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9bf',
    500: '#3b9ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9ca5;
$custom-light: #7eb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.094,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64008,
    "c": 0.08976,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9CA5

secondary

#BE837E

accent

#5C51D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9CA5

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

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