#3BBB9E#3BBB9E

#3BBB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBB9E
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -41.61, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 41.86, 173.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.118 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.119 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7424, 38.9362, 38.4999)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBB9E #BB3B58

analogous

#3BBB5E #3BBB9E #3B98BB

triadic

#3BBB9E #9E3BBB #BB9E3B

tetradic

#3BBB9E #5E3BBB #BB3B58 #98BB3B

square

#3BBB9E #5E3BBB #BB3B58 #98BB3B

split-complementary

#3BBB9E #BB3B98 #BB5E3B

monochromatic

#1E5E4F #2C8C77 #3BBB9E #65CEB6 #93DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BBB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3BBB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBB9E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBB9E	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0ba',
    500: '#3bbb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbb9e;
$custom-light: #81d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.406,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71529,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBB9E

secondary

#C88A98

accent

#4C6DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBB9E

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

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