#3BB9B3#3BB9B3

#3BB9B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB9B3
RGBrgb(59, 185, 179)
HSLhsl(177, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(177, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.66, -35.09, -6.99)
CIE-LCHlch(68.66, 35.78, 191.26°)
OKLaboklab(71.68% -0.1063 -0.0195)
OKLCHoklch(71.68% 0.108 190.4)
XYZxyz(27.2855, 38.8793, 48.7055)
Luminance0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB9B3 #B93B41
analogous
#3BB974 #3BB9B3 #3B80B9
triadic
#3BB9B3 #B33BB9 #B9B33B
tetradic
#3BB9B3 #743BB9 #B93B41 #80B93B
square
#3BB9B3 #743BB9 #B93B41 #80B93B
split-complementary
#3BB9B3 #B93B80 #B9743B
monochromatic
#1D5C59 #2C8B86 #3BB9B3 #64CDC8 #92DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#3BB9B3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78
#3BB9B3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9B3
8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB9B3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB9B31.002.398.788.78
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7821.001.001.00
##0000008.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEAFB3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CA2B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 190.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec9',
    500: '#3bb9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb9b3;
$custom-light: #83cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71684,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB9B3
secondary
#C7888B
accent
#4D53DB
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9B3

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#3BB9B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva