#3BB9AB#3BB9AB

#3BB9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9AB
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -37.30, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 37.42, 184.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.1099 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.11 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4998, 38.5650, 44.5674)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9AB #B93B49

analogous

#3BB96C #3BB9AB #3B88B9

triadic

#3BB9AB #AB3BB9 #B9AB3B

tetradic

#3BB9AB #6C3BB9 #B93B49 #88B93B

square

#3BB9AB #6C3BB9 #B93B49 #88B93B

split-complementary

#3BB9AB #B93B88 #B96C3B

monochromatic

#1D5C55 #2C8B80 #3BB9AB #64CDC2 #92DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BB9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#3BB9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9AB

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9AB	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)

#B0AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec3',
    500: '#3bb9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9ab;
$custom-light: #82cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71423,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9AB

secondary

#C7888F

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9AB

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

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