#3BB9B0#3BB9B0

#3BB9B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB9B0
RGBrgb(59, 185, 176)
HSLhsl(176, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(176, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.58, -35.93, -5.46)
CIE-LCHlch(68.58, 36.34, 188.65°)
OKLaboklab(71.58% -0.1077 -0.0154)
OKLCHoklch(71.58% 0.109 188.1)
XYZxyz(26.9854, 38.7592, 47.1250)
Luminance0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB9B0 #B93B44
analogous
#3BB971 #3BB9B0 #3B83B9
triadic
#3BB9B0 #B03BB9 #B9B03B
tetradic
#3BB9B0 #713BB9 #B93B44 #83B93B
square
#3BB9B0 #713BB9 #B93B44 #83B93B
split-complementary
#3BB9B0 #B93B83 #B9713B
monochromatic
#1D5C58 #2C8B84 #3BB9B0 #64CDC6 #92DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#3BB9B0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75
#3BB9B0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9B0
8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB9B0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB9B01.002.408.758.75
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7521.001.001.00
##0000008.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFAFB0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CA2B1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb9b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 188.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec7',
    500: '#3bb9b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb9b0;
$custom-light: #82cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb9b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71585,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB9B0
secondary
#C7888D
accent
#4D57DB
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9B0

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#3BB9B0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva