#3BB9A3#3BB9A3

#3BB9A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9A3
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 163)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 11.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -39.44, 1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 39.45, 178.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.1136 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.114 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7603, 38.2692, 40.6723)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9A3 #B93B51

analogous

#3BB964 #3BB9A3 #3B90B9

triadic

#3BB9A3 #A33BB9 #B9A33B

tetradic

#3BB9A3 #643BB9 #B93B51 #90B93B

square

#3BB9A3 #643BB9 #B93B51 #90B93B

split-complementary

#3BB9A3 #B93B90 #B9643B

monochromatic

#1D5C51 #2C8B7A #3BB9A3 #64CDBB #92DCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB9A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#3BB9A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9A3

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9A3	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfbe',
    500: '#3bb9a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9a3;
$custom-light: #81cfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.524,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71174,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9A3

secondary

#C78893

accent

#4D66DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9A3

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

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