#3BB899#3BB899

#3BB899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.118 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB899
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -41.55, 5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 41.96, 171.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.1172 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.118 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6910, 37.5079, 36.0693)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB899 #B83B5A

analogous

#3BB85B #3BB899 #3B98B8

triadic

#3BB899 #993BB8 #B8993B

tetradic

#3BB899 #5B3BB8 #B83B5A #98B83B

square

#3BB899 #5B3BB8 #B83B5A #98B83B

split-complementary

#3BB899 #B83B98 #B85B3B

monochromatic

#1D5B4C #2C8A72 #3BB899 #63CDB3 #92DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3BB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#3BB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB899

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB899	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.118 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ceb7',
    500: '#3bb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb899;
$custom-light: #81ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.12,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70631,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB899

secondary

#C78898

accent

#4D70DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB899

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

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