#3BB9CD#3BB9CD

#3BB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9CD
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -27.44, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 33.97, 216.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0952 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.11 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1673, 40.0320, 63.8828)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9CD #CD4F3B

analogous

#3BCD98 #3BB9CD #3B70CD

triadic

#3BB9CD #CD3BB9 #B9CD3B

tetradic

#3BB9CD #983BCD #CD4F3B #70CD3B

square

#3BB9CD #983BCD #CD4F3B #70CD3B

split-complementary

#3BB9CD #CD3B70 #CD983B

monochromatic

#1D6571 #2991A2 #3BB9CD #6CCAD9 #9DDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3BB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#3BB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9CD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9CD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cedc',
    500: '#3bb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9cd;
$custom-light: #85cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7263,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9CD

secondary

#D29B92

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9CD

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

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