#3BB9A7#3BB9A7

#3BB9A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.112 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9A7
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 167)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -38.38, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 38.39, 181.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.1118 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.112 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1243, 38.4148, 42.5897)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9A7 #B93B4D

analogous

#3BB968 #3BB9A7 #3B8CB9

triadic

#3BB9A7 #A73BB9 #B9A73B

tetradic

#3BB9A7 #683BB9 #B93B4D #8CB93B

square

#3BB9A7 #683BB9 #B93B4D #8CB93B

split-complementary

#3BB9A7 #B93B8C #B9683B

monochromatic

#1D5C53 #2C8B7D #3BB9A7 #64CDBE #92DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB9A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#3BB9A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9A7

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9A7	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.112 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec1',
    500: '#3bb9a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9a7;
$custom-light: #82cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71297,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9A7

secondary

#C78891

accent

#4D61DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9A7

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

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