#3BB9C1#3BB9C1

#3BB9C1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9C1
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 193)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -31.05, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 34.08, 204.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1002 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.108 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7740, 39.4747, 56.5446)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9C1 #C1433B

analogous

#3BC186 #3BB9C1 #3B76C1

triadic

#3BB9C1 #C13BB9 #B9C13B

tetradic

#3BB9C1 #863BC1 #C1433B #76C13B

square

#3BB9C1 #863BC1 #C1433B #76C13B

split-complementary

#3BB9C1 #C13B76 #C1863B

monochromatic

#1E5F63 #2D8C92 #3BB9C1 #68CBD1 #97DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BB9C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#3BB9C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9C1

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9C1	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A3C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced3',
    500: '#3bb9c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9c1;
$custom-light: #84ced3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.582,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72176,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9C1

secondary

#CB918D

accent

#544BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9C1

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

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