#3BB9BD#3BB9BD

#3BB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9BD
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -32.23, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 34.40, 200.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1019 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.107 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3338, 39.2986, 54.2264)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9BD #BD3F3B

analogous

#3BBD80 #3BB9BD #3B78BD

triadic

#3BB9BD #BD3BB9 #B9BD3B

tetradic

#3BB9BD #803BBD #BD3F3B #78BD3B

square

#3BB9BD #803BBD #BD3F3B #78BD3B

split-complementary

#3BB9BD #BD3B78 #BD803B

monochromatic

#1E5E60 #2C8B8E #3BB9BD #66CCCF #95DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#3BB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9BD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9BD	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced0',
    500: '#3bb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9bd;
$custom-light: #83ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72031,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9BD

secondary

#C98D8B

accent

#504CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9BD

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

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