#3BB9C2#3BB9C2

#3BB9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9C2
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -30.76, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 34.02, 205.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0998 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.108 202)
XYZ	xyz(28.8859, 39.5194, 57.1341)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9C2 #C2443B

analogous

#3BC288 #3BB9C2 #3B76C2

triadic

#3BB9C2 #C23BB9 #B9C23B

tetradic

#3BB9C2 #883BC2 #C2443B #76C23B

square

#3BB9C2 #883BC2 #C2443B #76C23B

split-complementary

#3BB9C2 #C23B76 #C2883B

monochromatic

#1E5F64 #2D8C93 #3BB9C2 #69CAD1 #98DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BB9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#3BB9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9C2

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9C2	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)

#ABB1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced4',
    500: '#3bb9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9c2;
$custom-light: #84ced4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72212,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.39523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9C2

secondary

#CB928E

accent

#554BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9C2

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

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