#3BBBC9#3BBBC9

#3BBBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBC9
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -29.64, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 34.23, 210.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0989 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.11 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1120, 40.6840, 61.5128)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBC9 #C9493B

analogous

#3BC990 #3BBBC9 #3B74C9

triadic

#3BBBC9 #C93BBB #BBC93B

tetradic

#3BBBC9 #903BC9 #C9493B #74C93B

square

#3BBBC9 #903BC9 #C9493B #74C93B

split-complementary

#3BBBC9 #C93B74 #C9903B

monochromatic

#1E646C #2B919C #3BBBC9 #6BCCD6 #9BDCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3BBBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#3BBBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBC9

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBC9	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0d9',
    500: '#3bbbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbc9;
$custom-light: #85d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.915,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBC9

secondary

#CF9790

accent

#5748E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBC9

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

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