#3BB99F#3BB99F

#3BB99F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB99F
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -40.47, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 40.60, 175.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.1155 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.116 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4075, 38.1281, 38.8146)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB99F #B93B55

analogous

#3BB960 #3BB99F #3B94B9

triadic

#3BB99F #9F3BB9 #B99F3B

tetradic

#3BB99F #603BB9 #B93B55 #94B93B

square

#3BB99F #603BB9 #B93B55 #94B93B

split-complementary

#3BB99F #B93B94 #B9603B

monochromatic

#1D5C4F #2C8B77 #3BB99F #64CDB8 #92DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#3BB99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB99F

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB99F	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AE9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfbb',
    500: '#3bb99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb99f;
$custom-light: #81cfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.619,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB99F

secondary

#C78895

accent

#4D6ADB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB99F

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

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