#3B9EAE#3B9EAE

#3B9EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.093 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9EAE
RGB	rgb(59, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -23.36, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 28.76, 215.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0804 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.093 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6673, 28.4371, 44.3832)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9EAE #AE4B3B

analogous

#3BAE84 #3B9EAE #3B64AE

triadic

#3B9EAE #AE3B9E #9EAE3B

tetradic

#3B9EAE #843BAE #AE4B3B #64AE3B

square

#3B9EAE #843BAE #AE4B3B #64AE3B

split-complementary

#3B9EAE #AE3B64 #AE843B

monochromatic

#1C4B53 #2C7480 #3B9EAE #5EBAC8 #8CCDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3B9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#3B9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9EAE

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9EAE	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.093 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbc6',
    500: '#3b9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9eae;
$custom-light: #7fbbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.348,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64851,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9EAE

secondary

#C28B82

accent

#624FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9EAE

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

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