#3BB9D2#3BB9D2

#3BB9D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB9D2
RGB	rgb(59, 185, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -25.89, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 34.31, 221.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0932 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.112 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7805, 40.2773, 67.1123)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB9D2 #D2543B

analogous

#3BD2A0 #3BB9D2 #3B6DD2

triadic

#3BB9D2 #D23BB9 #B9D23B

tetradic

#3BB9D2 #A03BD2 #D2543B #6DD23B

square

#3BB9D2 #A03BD2 #D2543B #6DD23B

split-complementary

#3BB9D2 #D23B6D #D2A03B

monochromatic

#1B6877 #2793A9 #3BB9D2 #6DCBDD #9FDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3BB9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#3BB9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB9D2

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB9D2	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 185, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cedf',
    500: '#3bb9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb9d2;
$custom-light: #86cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.934,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72828,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB9D2

secondary

#D59F94

accent

#5D42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB9D2

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

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