#3BB99C#3BB99C

#3BB99C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB99C
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 15.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -41.24, 4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 41.51, 173.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.1169 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.117 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1504, 38.0252, 37.4602)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB99C #B93B58

analogous

#3BB95D #3BB99C #3B97B9

triadic

#3BB99C #9C3BB9 #B99C3B

tetradic

#3BB99C #5D3BB9 #B93B58 #97B93B

square

#3BB99C #5D3BB9 #B93B58 #97B93B

split-complementary

#3BB99C #B93B97 #B95D3B

monochromatic

#1D5C4E #2C8B75 #3BB99C #64CDB5 #92DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3BB99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB99C

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB99C	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb9',
    500: '#3bb99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb99c;
$custom-light: #81cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.19,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70969,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB99C

secondary

#C78897

accent

#4D6DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB99C

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

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