#3BB897#3BB897

#3BB897 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB897
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 17.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -42.05, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 42.61, 170.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.1182 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.119 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5272, 37.4424, 35.2066)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB897 #B83B5C

analogous

#3BB859 #3BB897 #3B9AB8

triadic

#3BB897 #973BB8 #B8973B

tetradic

#3BB897 #593BB8 #B83B5C #9AB83B

square

#3BB897 #593BB8 #B83B5C #9AB83B

split-complementary

#3BB897 #B83B9A #B8593B

monochromatic

#1D5B4B #2C8A71 #3BB897 #63CDB1 #92DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3BB897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#3BB897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB897

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB897	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ceb5',
    500: '#3bb897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb897;
$custom-light: #81ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.16,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70575,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB897

secondary

#C78899

accent

#4D72DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB897

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

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