#3BB9B2#3BB9B2

#3BB9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9B2
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -35.37, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 35.96, 190.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1068 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.108 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1848, 38.8390, 48.1748)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9B2 #B93B42

analogous

#3BB973 #3BB9B2 #3B81B9

triadic

#3BB9B2 #B23BB9 #B9B23B

tetradic

#3BB9B2 #733BB9 #B93B42 #81B93B

square

#3BB9B2 #733BB9 #B93B42 #81B93B

split-complementary

#3BB9B2 #B93B81 #B9733B

monochromatic

#1D5C59 #2C8B85 #3BB9B2 #64CDC8 #92DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BB9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#3BB9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9B2

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9B2	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec9',
    500: '#3bb9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9b2;
$custom-light: #83cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71651,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9B2

secondary

#C7888C

accent

#4D55DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9B2

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

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