#3B9EAD#3B9EAD

#3B9EAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.093 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9EAD
RGB	rgb(59, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -23.67, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 28.71, 214.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0809 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.093 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5701, 28.3983, 43.8717)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9EAD #AD4A3B

analogous

#3BAD83 #3B9EAD #3B65AD

triadic

#3B9EAD #AD3B9E #9EAD3B

tetradic

#3B9EAD #833BAD #AD4A3B #65AD3B

square

#3B9EAD #833BAD #AD4A3B #65AD3B

split-complementary

#3B9EAD #AD3B65 #AD833B

monochromatic

#1C4B52 #2B747F #3B9EAD #5DBAC8 #8BCDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3B9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#3B9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9EAD

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9EAD	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.093 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbc5',
    500: '#3b9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9ead;
$custom-light: #7fbbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64812,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9EAD

secondary

#C28A82

accent

#614FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9EAD

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

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