#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
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 176)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -35.93, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 36.34, 188.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1077 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.109 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9854, 38.7592, 47.1250)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BB9B0	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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