#3BB9BB#3BB9BB

#3BB9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9BB
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -32.81, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 34.61, 198.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1028 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.107 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1182, 39.2123, 53.0909)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9BB #BB3D3B

analogous

#3BBB7D #3BB9BB #3B79BB

triadic

#3BB9BB #BB3BB9 #B9BB3B

tetradic

#3BB9BB #7D3BBB #BB3D3B #79BB3B

square

#3BB9BB #7D3BBB #BB3D3B #79BB3B

split-complementary

#3BB9BB #BB3B79 #BB7D3B

monochromatic

#1E5D5E #2C8B8C #3BB9BB #65CDCE #93DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#3BB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9BB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9BB	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecf',
    500: '#3bb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9bb;
$custom-light: #83cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.938,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7196,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9BB

secondary

#C88B8A

accent

#4F4CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9BB

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

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