#3BB9AD#3BB9AD

#3BB9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9AD
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -36.76, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 36.97, 186.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.109 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.11 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6919, 38.6418, 45.5789)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9AD #B93B47

analogous

#3BB96E #3BB9AD #3B86B9

triadic

#3BB9AD #AD3BB9 #B9AD3B

tetradic

#3BB9AD #6E3BB9 #B93B47 #86B93B

square

#3BB9AD #6E3BB9 #B93B47 #86B93B

split-complementary

#3BB9AD #B93B86 #B96E3B

monochromatic

#1D5C56 #2C8B82 #3BB9AD #64CDC3 #92DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BB9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#3BB9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9AD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9AD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec5',
    500: '#3bb9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9ad;
$custom-light: #82cec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71487,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9AD

secondary

#C7888E

accent

#4D5ADB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9AD

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

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