#3BB3B9#3BB3B9

#3BB3B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.104 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB3B9
RGBrgb(59, 179, 185)
HSLhsl(183, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(183, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.03, -30.51, -12.74)
CIE-LCHlch(67.03, 33.07, 202.66°)
OKLaboklab(70.42% -0.0976 -0.0353)
OKLCHoklch(70.42% 0.104 199.9)
XYZxyz(26.6768, 36.6697, 51.5616)
Luminance0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB3B9 #B9413B
analogous
#3BB980 #3BB3B9 #3B74B9
triadic
#3BB3B9 #B93BB3 #B3B93B
tetradic
#3BB3B9 #803BB9 #B9413B #74B93B
square
#3BB3B9 #803BB9 #B9413B #74B93B
split-complementary
#3BB3B9 #B93B74 #B9803B
monochromatic
#1D595C #2C868B #3BB3B9 #64C8CD #92D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#3BB3B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33
#3BB3B9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3B9
8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB3B9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB3B91.002.528.338.33
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3321.001.001.00
##0000008.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6ABBA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#939DBA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb3b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.104 199.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cace',
    500: '#3bb3b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb3b9;
$custom-light: #82cace;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb3b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7042,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB3B9
secondary
#C78B88
accent
#534DDB
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3B9

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#3BB3B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva