#3BBB99#3BBB99

#3BBB99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.122 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBB99
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -42.86, 7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 43.45, 170.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1203 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.122 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3208, 38.7675, 36.2792)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBB99 #BB3B5D

analogous

#3BBB59 #3BBB99 #3B9DBB

triadic

#3BBB99 #993BBB #BB993B

tetradic

#3BBB99 #593BBB #BB3B5D #9DBB3B

square

#3BBB99 #593BBB #BB3B5D #9DBB3B

split-complementary

#3BBB99 #BB3B9D #BB593B

monochromatic

#1E5E4D #2C8C73 #3BBB99 #65CEB2 #93DDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3BBB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#3BBB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBB99

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBB99	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.122 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0b7',
    500: '#3bbb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbb99;
$custom-light: #81d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.063,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71388,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBB99

secondary

#C88A9A

accent

#4C72DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBB99

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

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