#3BB9C8#3BB9C8

#3BB9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9C8
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -28.96, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 33.86, 211.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0973 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.109 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5734, 39.7944, 60.7549)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9C8 #C84A3B

analogous

#3BC890 #3BB9C8 #3B72C8

triadic

#3BB9C8 #C83BB9 #B9C83B

tetradic

#3BB9C8 #903BC8 #C84A3B #72C83B

square

#3BB9C8 #903BC8 #C84A3B #72C83B

split-complementary

#3BB9C8 #C83B72 #C8903B

monochromatic

#1E636B #2B8F9A #3BB9C8 #6BCAD5 #9BDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#3BB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9C8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9C8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced8',
    500: '#3bb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9c8;
$custom-light: #85ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.383,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72437,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9C8

secondary

#CF9790

accent

#5848DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9C8

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

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