#3BB99D#3BB99D

#3BB99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB99D
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -40.98, 4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 41.20, 174.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.1164 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.117 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2354, 38.0592, 37.9080)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB99D #B93B57

analogous

#3BB95E #3BB99D #3B96B9

triadic

#3BB99D #9D3BB9 #B99D3B

tetradic

#3BB99D #5E3BB9 #B93B57 #96B93B

square

#3BB99D #5E3BB9 #B93B57 #96B93B

split-complementary

#3BB99D #B93B96 #B95E3B

monochromatic

#1D5C4E #2C8B76 #3BB99D #64CDB6 #92DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3BB99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB99D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB99D	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)

#B3AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb9',
    500: '#3bb99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb99d;
$custom-light: #81cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70997,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB99D

secondary

#C78896

accent

#4D6CDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB99D

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

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