#3BB9C9#3BB9C9

#3BB9C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9C9
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -28.66, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 33.86, 212.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0969 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.109 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6906, 39.8413, 61.3724)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9C9 #C94B3B

analogous

#3BC992 #3BB9C9 #3B72C9

triadic

#3BB9C9 #C93BB9 #B9C93B

tetradic

#3BB9C9 #923BC9 #C94B3B #72C93B

square

#3BB9C9 #923BC9 #C94B3B #72C93B

split-complementary

#3BB9C9 #C93B72 #C9923B

monochromatic

#1E636C #2B8F9C #3BB9C9 #6BCAD6 #9BDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BB9C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#3BB9C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9C9

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9C9	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced9',
    500: '#3bb9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9c9;
$custom-light: #85ced9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9C9

secondary

#CF9890

accent

#5948E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9C9

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

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