#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
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 177)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -35.65, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 36.15, 189.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.1072 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.109 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0847, 38.7990, 47.6480)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BB9B1	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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