#3BB9B8#3BB9B8

#3BB9B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB9B8
RGBrgb(59, 185, 184)
HSLhsl(180, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(180, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.81, -33.67, -9.52)
CIE-LCHlch(68.81, 34.99, 195.78°)
OKLaboklab(71.86% -0.1041 -0.0264)
OKLCHoklch(71.86% 0.107 194.3)
XYZxyz(27.8004, 39.0852, 51.4171)
Luminance0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB9B8 #B93B3C
analogous
#3BB979 #3BB9B8 #3B7BB9
triadic
#3BB9B8 #B83BB9 #B9B83B
tetradic
#3BB9B8 #793BB9 #B93B3C #7BB93B
square
#3BB9B8 #793BB9 #B93B3C #7BB93B
split-complementary
#3BB9B8 #B93B7B #B9793B
monochromatic
#1D5C5C #2C8B8A #3BB9B8 #64CDCD #92DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#3BB9B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82
#3BB9B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9B8
8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB9B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB9B81.002.388.828.82
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8221.001.001.00
##0000008.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADB0B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AA2B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 194.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecd',
    500: '#3bb9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb9b8;
$custom-light: #83cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.524,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71855,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB9B8
secondary
#C78889
accent
#4D4EDB
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9B8

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#3BB9B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva