#3BB9A9#3BB9A9

#3BB9A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9A9
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -37.84, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 37.89, 182.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.1108 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.111 183)
XYZ	xyz(26.3106, 38.4893, 43.5710)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9A9 #B93B4B

analogous

#3BB96A #3BB9A9 #3B8AB9

triadic

#3BB9A9 #A93BB9 #B9A93B

tetradic

#3BB9A9 #6A3BB9 #B93B4B #8AB93B

square

#3BB9A9 #6A3BB9 #B93B4B #8AB93B

split-complementary

#3BB9A9 #B93B8A #B96A3B

monochromatic

#1D5C54 #2C8B7F #3BB9A9 #64CDC0 #92DCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BB9A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#3BB9A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9A9

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9A9	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec2',
    500: '#3bb9a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9a9;
$custom-light: #82cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.381,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.38492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9A9

secondary

#C78890

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9A9

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

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