#3BB9BC#3BB9BC

#3BB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9BC
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -32.52, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 34.50, 199.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1024 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.107 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2256, 39.2553, 53.6567)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9BC #BC3E3B

analogous

#3BBC7E #3BB9BC #3B78BC

triadic

#3BB9BC #BC3BB9 #B9BC3B

tetradic

#3BB9BC #7E3BBC #BC3E3B #78BC3B

square

#3BB9BC #7E3BBC #BC3E3B #78BC3B

split-complementary

#3BB9BC #BC3B78 #BC7E3B

monochromatic

#1E5D5F #2C8B8D #3BB9BC #65CCCF #94DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#3BB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9BC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9BC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced0',
    500: '#3bb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9bc;
$custom-light: #83ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71995,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9BC

secondary

#C98C8A

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9BC

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

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