#3BB9C0#3BB9C0

#3BB9C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9C0
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -31.35, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 34.15, 203.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1006 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.107 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6628, 39.4302, 55.9591)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9C0 #C0423B

analogous

#3BC085 #3BB9C0 #3B77C0

triadic

#3BB9C0 #C03BB9 #B9C03B

tetradic

#3BB9C0 #853BC0 #C0423B #77C03B

square

#3BB9C0 #853BC0 #C0423B #77C03B

split-complementary

#3BB9C0 #C03B77 #C0853B

monochromatic

#1E5F62 #2D8C91 #3BB9C0 #68CBD1 #97DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BB9C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#3BB9C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9C0

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9C0	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced3',
    500: '#3bb9c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9c0;
$custom-light: #84ced3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72139,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9C0

secondary

#CA908C

accent

#534BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9C0

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

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