#3BB9C6#3BB9C6

#3BB9C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9C6
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 198)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 6.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -29.56, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 33.88, 209.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0981 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.108 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3412, 39.7015, 59.5319)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9C6 #C6483B

analogous

#3BC68E #3BB9C6 #3B73C6

triadic

#3BB9C6 #C63BB9 #B9C63B

tetradic

#3BB9C6 #8E3BC6 #C6483B #73C63B

square

#3BB9C6 #8E3BC6 #C6483B #73C63B

split-complementary

#3BB9C6 #C63B73 #C68E3B

monochromatic

#1E6168 #2C8E98 #3BB9C6 #6ACAD4 #9ADBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BB9C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#3BB9C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9C6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9C6	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced7',
    500: '#3bb9c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9c6;
$custom-light: #84ced7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.612,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72361,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9C6

secondary

#CD958F

accent

#574ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9C6

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

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