#3BB998#3BB998

#3BB998 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB998
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 152)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 17.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -42.24, 6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 42.78, 170.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.1187 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.12 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8172, 37.8919, 35.7056)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB998 #B93B5C

analogous

#3BB959 #3BB998 #3B9BB9

triadic

#3BB998 #983BB9 #B9983B

tetradic

#3BB998 #593BB9 #B93B5C #9BB93B

square

#3BB998 #593BB9 #B93B5C #9BB93B

split-complementary

#3BB998 #B93B9B #B9593B

monochromatic

#1D5C4C #2C8B72 #3BB998 #64CDB2 #92DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#3BB998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB998

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB998	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb6',
    500: '#3bb998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb998;
$custom-light: #81cfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.286,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70856,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB998

secondary

#C78899

accent

#4D72DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB998

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

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