#3BB9B7#3BB9B7

#3BB9B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9B7
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 183)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -33.96, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 35.13, 194.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1046 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.108 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6960, 39.0434, 50.8670)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9B7 #B93B3D

analogous

#3BB978 #3BB9B7 #3B7CB9

triadic

#3BB9B7 #B73BB9 #B9B73B

tetradic

#3BB9B7 #783BB9 #B93B3D #7CB93B

square

#3BB9B7 #783BB9 #B93B3D #7CB93B

split-complementary

#3BB9B7 #B93B7C #B9783B

monochromatic

#1D5C5B #2C8B89 #3BB9B7 #64CDCC #92DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3BB9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#3BB9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9B7

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9B7	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecc',
    500: '#3bb9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9b7;
$custom-light: #83cecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.048,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7182,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9B7

secondary

#C78889

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9B7

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

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