#3BBB9D#3BBB9D

#3BBB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBB9D
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -41.86, 5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 42.17, 173.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.1185 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.119 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6567, 38.9019, 38.0484)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBB9D #BB3B59

analogous

#3BBB5D #3BBB9D #3B99BB

triadic

#3BBB9D #9D3BBB #BB9D3B

tetradic

#3BBB9D #5D3BBB #BB3B59 #99BB3B

square

#3BBB9D #5D3BBB #BB3B59 #99BB3B

split-complementary

#3BBB9D #BB3B99 #BB5D3B

monochromatic

#1E5E4F #2C8C76 #3BBB9D #65CEB6 #93DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BBB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#3BBB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBB9D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBB9D	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0b9',
    500: '#3bbb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbb9d;
$custom-light: #81d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.938,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.715,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBB9D

secondary

#C88A98

accent

#4C6EDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBB9D

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

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