#3BBB9B#3BBB9B

#3BBB9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBB9B
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -42.36, 6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 42.81, 171.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1194 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.12 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4874, 38.8341, 37.1565)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBB9B #BB3B5B

analogous

#3BBB5B #3BBB9B #3B9BBB

triadic

#3BBB9B #9B3BBB #BB9B3B

tetradic

#3BBB9B #5B3BBB #BB3B5B #9BBB3B

square

#3BBB9B #5B3BBB #BB3B5B #9BBB3B

split-complementary

#3BBB9B #BB3B9B #BB5B3B

monochromatic

#1E5E4E #2C8C74 #3BBB9B #65CEB4 #93DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3BBB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#3BBB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBB9B

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBB9B	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0b8',
    500: '#3bbb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbb9b;
$custom-light: #81d0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71444,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBB9B

secondary

#C88A99

accent

#4C70DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBB9B

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

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