#3BB9C4#3BB9C4

#3BB9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9C4
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -30.16, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 33.93, 207.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.099 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.108 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1120, 39.6099, 58.3250)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9C4 #C4463B

analogous

#3BC48B #3BB9C4 #3B74C4

triadic

#3BB9C4 #C43BB9 #B9C43B

tetradic

#3BB9C4 #8B3BC4 #C4463B #74C43B

square

#3BB9C4 #8B3BC4 #C4463B #74C43B

split-complementary

#3BB9C4 #C43B74 #C48B3B

monochromatic

#1F6066 #2D8D95 #3BB9C4 #6ACAD2 #99DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BB9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#3BB9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9C4

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9C4	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced5',
    500: '#3bb9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9c4;
$custom-light: #84ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.818,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9C4

secondary

#CC948F

accent

#564BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9C4

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

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