#3BB9AC#3BB9AC

#3BB9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9AC
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -37.03, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 37.19, 185.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1095 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.11 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5955, 38.6033, 45.0712)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9AC #B93B48

analogous

#3BB96D #3BB9AC #3B87B9

triadic

#3BB9AC #AC3BB9 #B9AC3B

tetradic

#3BB9AC #6D3BB9 #B93B48 #87B93B

square

#3BB9AC #6D3BB9 #B93B48 #87B93B

split-complementary

#3BB9AC #B93B87 #B96D3B

monochromatic

#1D5C56 #2C8B81 #3BB9AC #64CDC3 #92DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BB9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3BB9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9AC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9AC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec4',
    500: '#3bb9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9ac;
$custom-light: #82cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.81,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71455,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9AC

secondary

#C7888F

accent

#4D5BDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9AC

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

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