#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
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -35.09, -6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 35.78, 191.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.1063 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.108 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2855, 38.8793, 48.7055)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BB9B3	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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