#3BB599#3BB599

#3BB599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB599
RGB	rgb(59, 181, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 15.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -40.24, 4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 40.49, 173.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.1141 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.115 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0744, 36.2748, 35.8638)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB599 #B53B57

analogous

#3BB55C #3BB599 #3B94B5

triadic

#3BB599 #993BB5 #B5993B

tetradic

#3BB599 #5C3BB5 #B53B57 #94B53B

square

#3BB599 #5C3BB5 #B53B57 #94B53B

split-complementary

#3BB599 #B53B94 #B55C3B

monochromatic

#1D594B #2C8772 #3BB599 #62CCB3 #90DBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#3BB599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#3BB599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB599

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB599	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 181, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccb7',
    500: '#3bb599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb599;
$custom-light: #80ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.23,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69874,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB599

secondary

#C68695

accent

#4D6EDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB599

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

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