#3BB9D0#3BB9D0

#3BB9D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9D0
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -26.51, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 34.15, 219.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.094 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.111 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5329, 40.1782, 65.8083)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9D0 #D0523B

analogous

#3BD09D #3BB9D0 #3B6ED0

triadic

#3BB9D0 #D03BB9 #B9D03B

tetradic

#3BB9D0 #9D3BD0 #D0523B #6ED03B

square

#3BB9D0 #9D3BD0 #D0523B #6ED03B

split-complementary

#3BB9D0 #D03B6E #D09D3B

monochromatic

#1C6775 #2893A6 #3BB9D0 #6CCBDC #9EDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3BB9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#3BB9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9D0

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9D0	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cede',
    500: '#3bb9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9d0;
$custom-light: #85cede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.262,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72748,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9D0

secondary

#D49D93

accent

#5C43E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9D0

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

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