#3BB591#3BB591

#3BB591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB591
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 145)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 19.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -42.22, 8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 43.09, 168.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.1179 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.12 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4357, 36.0193, 32.4999)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB591 #B53B5F

analogous

#3BB554 #3BB591 #3B9CB5

triadic

#3BB591 #913BB5 #B5913B

tetradic

#3BB591 #543BB5 #B53B5F #9CB53B

square

#3BB591 #543BB5 #B53B5F #9CB53B

split-complementary

#3BB591 #B53B9C #B5543B

monochromatic

#1D5947 #2C876C #3BB591 #62CCAC #90DBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#3BB591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#3BB591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB591

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB591	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A98F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccb1',
    500: '#3bb591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb591;
$custom-light: #80ccb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.295,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69651,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB591

secondary

#C68699

accent

#4D77DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB591

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

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