#3BAC9F#3BAC9F

#3BAC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.102 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAC9F
RGB	rgb(59, 172, 159)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 7.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -34.57, -2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 34.67, 184.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.1019 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.102 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8113, 32.9355, 37.9492)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAC9F #AC3B48

analogous

#3BAC66 #3BAC9F #3B81AC

triadic

#3BAC9F #9F3BAC #AC9F3B

tetradic

#3BAC9F #663BAC #AC3B48 #81AC3B

square

#3BAC9F #663BAC #AC3B48 #81AC3B

split-complementary

#3BAC9F #AC3B81 #AC663B

monochromatic

#1C514B #2B7E75 #3BAC9F #5DC7BB #8AD7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#3BAC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#3BAC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAC9F

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAC9F	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9396A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bac9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 172, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.102 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5bb',
    500: '#3bac9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bac9f;
$custom-light: #7fc5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bac9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.097,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67792,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAC9F

secondary

#C18189

accent

#4F5FD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAC9F

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

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