#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
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 185)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -30.51, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 33.07, 202.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0976 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.104 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6768, 36.6697, 51.5616)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BB3B9	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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