#3B9CAA#3B9CAA

#3B9CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.091 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9CAA
RGB	rgb(59, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -23.56, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 28.28, 213.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.08 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.091 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9447, 27.6067, 42.2472)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9CAA #AA493B

analogous

#3BAA81 #3B9CAA #3B64AA

triadic

#3B9CAA #AA3B9C #9CAA3B

tetradic

#3B9CAA #813BAA #AA493B #64AA3B

square

#3B9CAA #813BAA #AA493B #64AA3B

split-complementary

#3B9CAA #AA3B64 #AA813B

monochromatic

#1B494F #2B727D #3B9CAA #5CB9C6 #89CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3B9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#3B9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9CAA

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9CAA	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.091 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9c3',
    500: '#3b9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9caa;
$custom-light: #7eb9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.568,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64201,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9CAA

secondary

#C08880

accent

#6150D8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9CAA

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

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