#3BB9B6#3BB9B6

#3BB9B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9B6
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -34.24, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 35.28, 193.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.105 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.108 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5923, 39.0020, 50.3208)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9B6 #B93B3E

analogous

#3BB977 #3BB9B6 #3B7DB9

triadic

#3BB9B6 #B63BB9 #B9B63B

tetradic

#3BB9B6 #773BB9 #B93B3E #7DB93B

square

#3BB9B6 #773BB9 #B93B3E #7DB93B

split-complementary

#3BB9B6 #B93B7D #B9773B

monochromatic

#1D5C5B #2C8B88 #3BB9B6 #64CDCB #92DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BB9B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#3BB9B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9B6

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9B6	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecb',
    500: '#3bb9b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9b6;
$custom-light: #83cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.571,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71786,
    "c": 0.10764,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9B6

secondary

#C7888A

accent

#4D50DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9B6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →