#3BB9BF#3BB9BF

#3BB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9BF
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -31.64, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 34.22, 202.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1011 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.107 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5524, 39.3860, 55.3776)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9BF #BF413B

analogous

#3BBF83 #3BB9BF #3B77BF

triadic

#3BB9BF #BF3BB9 #B9BF3B

tetradic

#3BB9BF #833BBF #BF413B #77BF3B

square

#3BB9BF #833BBF #BF413B #77BF3B

split-complementary

#3BB9BF #BF3B77 #BF833B

monochromatic

#1E5E61 #2D8C90 #3BB9BF #67CBD0 #96DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#3BB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9BF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9BF	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced2',
    500: '#3bb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9bf;
$custom-light: #84ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9BF

secondary

#CA8F8C

accent

#524CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9BF

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

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