#3BB9B1#3BB9B1

#3BB9B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB9B1
RGBrgb(59, 185, 177)
HSLhsl(176, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(176, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.61, -35.65, -5.97)
CIE-LCHlch(68.61, 36.15, 189.51°)
OKLaboklab(71.62% -0.1072 -0.0167)
OKLCHoklch(71.62% 0.109 188.9)
XYZxyz(27.0847, 38.7990, 47.6480)
Luminance0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB9B1 #B93B43
analogous
#3BB972 #3BB9B1 #3B82B9
triadic
#3BB9B1 #B13BB9 #B9B13B
tetradic
#3BB9B1 #723BB9 #B93B43 #82B93B
square
#3BB9B1 #723BB9 #B93B43 #82B93B
split-complementary
#3BB9B1 #B93B82 #B9723B
monochromatic
#1D5C58 #2C8B85 #3BB9B1 #64CDC7 #92DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#3BB9B1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76
#3BB9B1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9B1
8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB9B1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB9B11.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFAFB1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CA2B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb9b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 188.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec8',
    500: '#3bb9b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb9b1;
$custom-light: #82cec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb9b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.19,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71618,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB9B1
secondary
#C7888C
accent
#4D56DB
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9B1

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#3BB9B1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva