#3BBA9E#3BBA9E

#3BBA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBA9E
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -41.17, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 41.38, 174.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.117 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.117 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5310, 38.5134, 38.4294)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBA9E #BA3B57

analogous

#3BBA5F #3BBA9E #3B96BA

triadic

#3BBA9E #9E3BBA #BA9E3B

tetradic

#3BBA9E #5F3BBA #BA3B57 #96BA3B

square

#3BBA9E #5F3BBA #BA3B57 #96BA3B

split-complementary

#3BBA9E #BA3B96 #BA5F3B

monochromatic

#1E5D4F #2C8C77 #3BBA9E #64CEB7 #93DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BBA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#3BBA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBA9E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBA9E	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bba9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfba',
    500: '#3bba9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bba9e;
$custom-light: #81cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bba9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.772,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71278,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBA9E

secondary

#C88997

accent

#4D6CDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBA9E

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

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