#3BBB9C#3BBB9C

#3BBB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBB9C
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -42.11, 5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 42.49, 172.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.1189 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.12 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5717, 38.8679, 37.6006)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBB9C #BB3B5A

analogous

#3BBB5C #3BBB9C #3B9ABB

triadic

#3BBB9C #9C3BBB #BB9C3B

tetradic

#3BBB9C #5C3BBB #BB3B5A #9ABB3B

square

#3BBB9C #5C3BBB #BB3B5A #9ABB3B

split-complementary

#3BBB9C #BB3B9A #BB5C3B

monochromatic

#1E5E4E #2C8C75 #3BBB9C #65CEB5 #93DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BBB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#3BBB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBB9C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBB9C	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B5AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0b9',
    500: '#3bbb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbb9c;
$custom-light: #81d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.469,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71472,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBB9C

secondary

#C88A99

accent

#4C6FDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBB9C

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

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