#3BBB9F#3BBB9F

#3BBB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBB9F
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -41.35, 4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 41.56, 174.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.1175 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.118 175)
XYZ	xyz(25.8289, 38.9707, 38.9550)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBB9F #BB3B57

analogous

#3BBB5F #3BBB9F #3B97BB

triadic

#3BBB9F #9F3BBB #BB9F3B

tetradic

#3BBB9F #5F3BBB #BB3B57 #97BB3B

square

#3BBB9F #5F3BBB #BB3B57 #97BB3B

split-complementary

#3BBB9F #BB3B97 #BB5F3B

monochromatic

#1E5E50 #2C8C77 #3BBB9F #65CEB7 #93DDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3BBB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3BBB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBB9F

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBB9F	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)

#B4AF9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0bb',
    500: '#3bbb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbb9f;
$custom-light: #82d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.38974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBB9F

secondary

#C88A97

accent

#4C6CDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBB9F

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

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