#3B9FAB#3B9FAB

#3B9FAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.092 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9FAB
RGB	rgb(59, 159, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -24.79, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 28.86, 210.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0828 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.092 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5493, 28.6640, 42.9172)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9FAB #AB473B

analogous

#3BAB7F #3B9FAB #3B67AB

triadic

#3B9FAB #AB3B9F #9FAB3B

tetradic

#3B9FAB #7F3BAB #AB473B #67AB3B

square

#3B9FAB #7F3BAB #AB473B #67AB3B

split-complementary

#3B9FAB #AB3B67 #AB7F3B

monochromatic

#1C4A50 #2B757D #3B9FAB #5CBBC7 #8ACED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3B9FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#3B9FAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9FAB

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9FAB	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 159, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.092 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbc4',
    500: '#3b9fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9fab;
$custom-light: #7fbbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6498,
    "c": 0.09235,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9FAB

secondary

#C18881

accent

#5E50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9FAB

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

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