#3BB9C5#3BB9C5

#3BB9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9C5
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -29.86, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 33.90, 208.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0985 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.108 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2262, 39.6556, 58.9265)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9C5 #C5473B

analogous

#3BC58C #3BB9C5 #3B74C5

triadic

#3BB9C5 #C53BB9 #B9C53B

tetradic

#3BB9C5 #8C3BC5 #C5473B #74C53B

square

#3BB9C5 #8C3BC5 #C5473B #74C53B

split-complementary

#3BB9C5 #C53B74 #C58C3B

monochromatic

#1F6167 #2C8D96 #3BB9C5 #6ACAD3 #99DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BB9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#3BB9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9C5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9C5	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced6',
    500: '#3bb9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9c5;
$custom-light: #84ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9C5

secondary

#CD948F

accent

#574ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9C5

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

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