#3BB9A0#3BB9A0

#3BB9A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9A0
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 160)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 13.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -40.22, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 40.31, 176.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.115 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.115 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4946, 38.1629, 39.2734)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9A0 #B93B54

analogous

#3BB961 #3BB9A0 #3B93B9

triadic

#3BB9A0 #A03BB9 #B9A03B

tetradic

#3BB9A0 #613BB9 #B93B54 #93B93B

square

#3BB9A0 #613BB9 #B93B54 #93B93B

split-complementary

#3BB9A0 #B93B93 #B9613B

monochromatic

#1D5C50 #2C8B78 #3BB9A0 #64CDB8 #92DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB9A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#3BB9A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9A0

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9A0	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)

#B2AE9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfbc',
    500: '#3bb9a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9a0;
$custom-light: #81cfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.095,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71085,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9A0

secondary

#C78895

accent

#4D69DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9A0

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

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