#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
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -33.39, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 34.86, 196.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1037 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.107 195)
XYZ	xyz(27.9056, 39.1273, 51.9712)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BB9B9	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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