#3BB99B#3BB99B

#3BB99B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB99B
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 155)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 16.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -41.49, 5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 41.82, 172.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.1173 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.118 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0660, 37.9915, 37.0160)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB99B #B93B59

analogous

#3BB95C #3BB99B #3B98B9

triadic

#3BB99B #9B3BB9 #B99B3B

tetradic

#3BB99B #5C3BB9 #B93B59 #98B93B

square

#3BB99B #5C3BB9 #B93B59 #98B93B

split-complementary

#3BB99B #B93B98 #B95C3B

monochromatic

#1D5C4D #2C8B74 #3BB99B #64CDB4 #92DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#3BB99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB99B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB99B	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb8',
    500: '#3bb99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb99b;
$custom-light: #81cfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7094,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB99B

secondary

#C78897

accent

#4D6FDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB99B

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

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