#3BB9B9#3BB9B9

#3BB9B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB9B9
RGBrgb(59, 185, 185)
HSLhsl(180, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(180, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 0%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.84, -33.39, -10.02)
CIE-LCHlch(68.84, 34.86, 196.71°)
OKLaboklab(71.89% -0.1037 -0.0278)
OKLCHoklch(71.89% 0.107 195)
XYZxyz(27.9056, 39.1273, 51.9712)
Luminance0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB9B9 #B93B3B
analogous
#3BB97A #3BB9B9 #3B7AB9
triadic
#3BB9B9 #B93BB9 #B9B93B
tetradic
#3BB9B9 #7A3BB9 #B93B3B #7AB93B
square
#3BB9B9 #7A3BB9 #B93B3B #7AB93B
split-complementary
#3BB9B9 #B93B7A #B97A3B
monochromatic
#1D5C5C #2C8B8B #3BB9B9 #64CDCD #92DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#3BB9B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83
#3BB9B9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9B9
8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB9B9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB9B91.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADB0B9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AA2BA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 195.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cece',
    500: '#3bb9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb9b9;
$custom-light: #83cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.39131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB9B9
secondary
#C78888
accent
#4D4DDB
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9B9

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#3BB9B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva