#3BB996#3BB996

#3BB996 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB996
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 18.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -42.73, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 43.44, 169.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.1197 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.121 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6548, 37.8270, 34.8502)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB996 #B93B5E

analogous

#3BB957 #3BB996 #3B9DB9

triadic

#3BB996 #963BB9 #B9963B

tetradic

#3BB996 #573BB9 #B93B5E #9DB93B

square

#3BB996 #573BB9 #B93B5E #9DB93B

split-complementary

#3BB996 #B93B9D #B9573B

monochromatic

#1D5C4B #2C8B70 #3BB996 #64CDB0 #92DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#3BB996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB996

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB996	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb4',
    500: '#3bb996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb996;
$custom-light: #81cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70801,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB996

secondary

#C7889A

accent

#4D74DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB996

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

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