#3BB9BE#3BB9BE

#3BB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9BE
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -31.94, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 34.31, 201.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1015 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.107 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4427, 39.3421, 54.8000)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9BE #BE403B

analogous

#3BBE82 #3BB9BE #3B78BE

triadic

#3BB9BE #BE3BB9 #B9BE3B

tetradic

#3BB9BE #823BBE #BE403B #78BE3B

square

#3BB9BE #823BBE #BE403B #78BE3B

split-complementary

#3BB9BE #BE3B78 #BE823B

monochromatic

#1E5E61 #2C8C8F #3BB9BE #67CCD0 #95DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#3BB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9BE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9BE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced1',
    500: '#3bb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9be;
$custom-light: #84ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.29,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72067,
    "c": 0.10731,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9BE

secondary

#CA8E8B

accent

#514CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9BE

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

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