#3BB9AE#3BB9AE

#3BB9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9AE
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -36.48, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 36.75, 186.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.1086 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.109 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7890, 38.6807, 46.0905)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9AE #B93B46

analogous

#3BB96F #3BB9AE #3B85B9

triadic

#3BB9AE #AE3BB9 #B9AE3B

tetradic

#3BB9AE #6F3BB9 #B93B46 #85B93B

square

#3BB9AE #6F3BB9 #B93B46 #85B93B

split-complementary

#3BB9AE #B93B85 #B96F3B

monochromatic

#1D5C57 #2C8B82 #3BB9AE #64CDC4 #92DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3BB9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#3BB9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9AE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9AE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec6',
    500: '#3bb9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9ae;
$custom-light: #82cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.762,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71519,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9AE

secondary

#C7888E

accent

#4D59DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9AE

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

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