#3BB9D1#3BB9D1

#3BB9D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9D1
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 209)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -26.20, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 34.22, 220.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0936 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.112 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6563, 40.2276, 66.4582)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9D1 #D1533B

analogous

#3BD19E #3BB9D1 #3B6ED1

triadic

#3BB9D1 #D13BB9 #B9D13B

tetradic

#3BB9D1 #9E3BD1 #D1533B #6ED13B

square

#3BB9D1 #9E3BD1 #D1533B #6ED13B

split-complementary

#3BB9D1 #D13B6E #D19E3B

monochromatic

#1C6776 #2793A7 #3BB9D1 #6DCBDD #9EDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3BB9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#3BB9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9D1

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9D1	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cedf',
    500: '#3bb9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9d1;
$custom-light: #86cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72788,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9D1

secondary

#D49E93

accent

#5D43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9D1

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

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