#3BB999#3BB999

#3BB999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB999
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 17.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -41.99, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 42.46, 171.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.1183 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.119 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8995, 37.9248, 36.1388)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB999 #B93B5B

analogous

#3BB95A #3BB999 #3B9AB9

triadic

#3BB999 #993BB9 #B9993B

tetradic

#3BB999 #5A3BB9 #B93B5B #9AB93B

square

#3BB999 #5A3BB9 #B93B5B #9AB93B

split-complementary

#3BB999 #B93B9A #B95A3B

monochromatic

#1D5C4C #2C8B73 #3BB999 #64CDB3 #92DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#3BB999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB999

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB999	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb7',
    500: '#3bb999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb999;
$custom-light: #81cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.762,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70884,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB999

secondary

#C78898

accent

#4D71DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB999

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

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