#3BB596#3BB596

#3BB596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB596
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -40.99, 6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 41.44, 171.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.1155 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.117 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8298, 36.1769, 34.5752)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB596 #B53B5A

analogous

#3BB559 #3BB596 #3B97B5

triadic

#3BB596 #963BB5 #B5963B

tetradic

#3BB596 #593BB5 #B53B5A #97B53B

square

#3BB596 #593BB5 #B53B5A #97B53B

split-complementary

#3BB596 #B53B97 #B5593B

monochromatic

#1D594A #2C8770 #3BB596 #62CCB1 #90DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3BB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#3BB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB596

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB596	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccb4',
    500: '#3bb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb596;
$custom-light: #80ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.754,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69789,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB596

secondary

#C68696

accent

#4D71DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB596

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

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