#3BB797#3BB797

#3BB797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB797
RGB	rgb(59, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 17.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -41.62, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 42.11, 171.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.1171 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.118 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3202, 37.0284, 35.1376)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB797 #B73B5B

analogous

#3BB759 #3BB797 #3B99B7

triadic

#3BB797 #973BB7 #B7973B

tetradic

#3BB797 #593BB7 #B73B5B #99B73B

square

#3BB797 #593BB7 #B73B5B #99B73B

split-complementary

#3BB797 #B73B99 #B7593B

monochromatic

#1D5A4B #2C8971 #3BB797 #63CDB1 #91DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3BB797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#3BB797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB797

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB797	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdb5',
    500: '#3bb797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb797;
$custom-light: #81cdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.516,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB797

secondary

#C68798

accent

#4D72DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB797

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

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