#3BBBA9#3BBBA9

#3BBBA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBA9
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -38.75, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 38.76, 181.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1129 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.113 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7320, 39.3320, 43.7114)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBA9 #BB3B4D

analogous

#3BBB69 #3BBBA9 #3B8DBB

triadic

#3BBBA9 #A93BBB #BBA93B

tetradic

#3BBBA9 #693BBB #BB3B4D #8DBB3B

square

#3BBBA9 #693BBB #BB3B4D #8DBB3B

split-complementary

#3BBBA9 #BB3B8D #BB693B

monochromatic

#1E5E55 #2C8C7F #3BBBA9 #65CEC0 #93DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BBBA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#3BBBA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBA9

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBA9	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0c2',
    500: '#3bbba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbba9;
$custom-light: #82d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.563,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71857,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBA9

secondary

#C88A92

accent

#4C60DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBA9

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

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