#3BB9A5#3BB9A5

#3BB9A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9A5
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 10.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -38.91, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 38.91, 179.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.1127 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.113 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9409, 38.3414, 41.6235)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9A5 #B93B4F

analogous

#3BB966 #3BB9A5 #3B8EB9

triadic

#3BB9A5 #A53BB9 #B9A53B

tetradic

#3BB9A5 #663BB9 #B93B4F #8EB93B

square

#3BB9A5 #663BB9 #B93B4F #8EB93B

split-complementary

#3BB9A5 #B93B8E #B9663B

monochromatic

#1D5C52 #2C8B7C #3BB9A5 #64CDBD #92DCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB9A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#3BB9A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9A5

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9A5	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cebf',
    500: '#3bb9a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9a5;
$custom-light: #82cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.476,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71235,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9A5

secondary

#C78892

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9A5

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

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