#3BB896#3BB896

#3BB896 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB896
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -42.30, 7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 42.94, 170.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.1187 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.12 171)
XYZ	xyz(24.4463, 37.4101, 34.7807)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB896 #B83B5D

analogous

#3BB858 #3BB896 #3B9BB8

triadic

#3BB896 #963BB8 #B8963B

tetradic

#3BB896 #583BB8 #B83B5D #9BB83B

square

#3BB896 #583BB8 #B83B5D #9BB83B

split-complementary

#3BB896 #B83B9B #B8583B

monochromatic

#1D5B4A #2C8A70 #3BB896 #63CDB0 #92DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3BB896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#3BB896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB896

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB896	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ceb4',
    500: '#3bb896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb896;
$custom-light: #81ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.68,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70548,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.37413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB896

secondary

#C78899

accent

#4D74DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB896

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

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