#3BB9AA#3BB9AA

#3BB9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9AA
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -37.57, -2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 37.65, 183.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1104 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.111 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4049, 38.5270, 44.0673)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9AA #B93B4A

analogous

#3BB96B #3BB9AA #3B89B9

triadic

#3BB9AA #AA3BB9 #B9AA3B

tetradic

#3BB9AA #6B3BB9 #B93B4A #89B93B

square

#3BB9AA #6B3BB9 #B93B4A #89B93B

split-complementary

#3BB9AA #B93B89 #B96B3B

monochromatic

#1D5C55 #2C8B7F #3BB9AA #64CDC1 #92DCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BB9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#3BB9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9AA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9AA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec3',
    500: '#3bb9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9aa;
$custom-light: #82cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.857,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71391,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9AA

secondary

#C78890

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9AA

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

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