#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
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -33.67, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 34.99, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1041 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.107 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8004, 39.0852, 51.4171)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##3BB9B8	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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