#3BB9A4#3BB9A4

#3BB9A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9A4
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 164)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -39.17, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 39.18, 179.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1131 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.113 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8502, 38.3051, 41.1460)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9A4 #B93B50

analogous

#3BB965 #3BB9A4 #3B8FB9

triadic

#3BB9A4 #A43BB9 #B9A43B

tetradic

#3BB9A4 #653BB9 #B93B50 #8FB93B

square

#3BB9A4 #653BB9 #B93B50 #8FB93B

split-complementary

#3BB9A4 #B93B8F #B9653B

monochromatic

#1D5C52 #2C8B7B #3BB9A4 #64CDBC #92DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#3BB9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9A4

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9A4	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cebe',
    500: '#3bb9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9a4;
$custom-light: #82cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71205,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9A4

secondary

#C78893

accent

#4D64DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9A4

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

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