#3BB995#3BB995

#3BB995 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB995
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 149)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 19.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -42.97, 8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 43.78, 169.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.1202 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.122 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5746, 37.7949, 34.4280)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB995 #B93B5F

analogous

#3BB956 #3BB995 #3B9EB9

triadic

#3BB995 #953BB9 #B9953B

tetradic

#3BB995 #563BB9 #B93B5F #9EB93B

square

#3BB995 #563BB9 #B93B5F #9EB93B

split-complementary

#3BB995 #B93B9E #B9563B

monochromatic

#1D5C4A #2C8B70 #3BB995 #64CDAF #92DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#3BB995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB995

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB995	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb4',
    500: '#3bb995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb995;
$custom-light: #81cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70773,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB995

secondary

#C7889A

accent

#4D75DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB995

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

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