#3BB994#3BB994

#3BB994 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB994
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 148)
HSL	hsl(162, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 20%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -43.22, 8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 44.12, 168.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.1206 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.123 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4951, 37.7631, 34.0093)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB994 #B93B60

analogous

#3BB955 #3BB994 #3B9FB9

triadic

#3BB994 #943BB9 #B9943B

tetradic

#3BB994 #553BB9 #B93B60 #9FB93B

square

#3BB994 #553BB9 #B93B60 #9FB93B

split-complementary

#3BB994 #B93B9F #B9553B

monochromatic

#1D5C4A #2C8B6F #3BB994 #64CDAE #92DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3BB994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#3BB994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB994

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB994	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb3',
    500: '#3bb994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb994;
$custom-light: #81cfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.381,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70746,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB994

secondary

#C7889B

accent

#4D77DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB994

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

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