#3BB9BA#3BB9BA

#3BB9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9BA
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -33.10, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 34.73, 197.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1032 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.107 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0115, 39.1697, 52.5291)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9BA #BA3C3B

analogous

#3BBA7B #3BB9BA #3B7ABA

triadic

#3BB9BA #BA3BB9 #B9BA3B

tetradic

#3BB9BA #7B3BBA #BA3C3B #7ABA3B

square

#3BB9BA #7B3BBA #BA3C3B #7ABA3B

split-complementary

#3BB9BA #BA3B7A #BA7B3B

monochromatic

#1E5D5D #2C8B8C #3BB9BA #64CDCE #93DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3BB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#3BB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9BA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9BA	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)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cece',
    500: '#3bb9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9ba;
$custom-light: #83cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.472,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71925,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9BA

secondary

#C88989

accent

#4E4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9BA

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

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