#3BAE9F#3BAE9F

#3BAE9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAE9F
RGB	rgb(59, 174, 159)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -35.50, -1.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 35.54, 182.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.104 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.104 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1948, 33.7025, 38.0770)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAE9F #AE3B4A

analogous

#3BAE65 #3BAE9F #3B83AE

triadic

#3BAE9F #9F3BAE #AE9F3B

tetradic

#3BAE9F #653BAE #AE3B4A #83AE3B

square

#3BAE9F #653BAE #AE3B4A #83AE3B

split-complementary

#3BAE9F #AE3B83 #AE653B

monochromatic

#1C534B #2C8075 #3BAE9F #5EC8BA #8CD8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#3BAE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#3BAE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAE9F

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAE9F	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9598A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bae9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 174, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7bb',
    500: '#3bae9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bae9f;
$custom-light: #80c7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bae9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68294,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAE9F

secondary

#C2828B

accent

#4F61D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAE9F

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

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