#3BB9C7#3BB9C7

#3BB9C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9C7
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 199)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -29.26, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 33.86, 210.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0977 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.109 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4569, 39.7478, 60.1414)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9C7 #C7493B

analogous

#3BC78F #3BB9C7 #3B73C7

triadic

#3BB9C7 #C73BB9 #B9C73B

tetradic

#3BB9C7 #8F3BC7 #C7493B #73C73B

square

#3BB9C7 #8F3BC7 #C7493B #73C73B

split-complementary

#3BB9C7 #C73B73 #C78F3B

monochromatic

#1E6269 #2C8E99 #3BB9C7 #6BCAD5 #9ADBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BB9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#3BB9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9C7

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9C7	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced8',
    500: '#3bb9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9c7;
$custom-light: #84ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9C7

secondary

#CE9690

accent

#5849DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9C7

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

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