#3BBC9B#3BBC9B

#3BBC9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBC9B
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -42.79, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 43.30, 171.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.1204 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.122 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7002, 39.2599, 37.2274)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBC9B #BC3B5C

analogous

#3BBC5A #3BBC9B #3B9CBC

triadic

#3BBC9B #9B3BBC #BC9B3B

tetradic

#3BBC9B #5A3BBC #BC3B5C #9CBC3B

square

#3BBC9B #5A3BBC #BC3B5C #9CBC3B

split-complementary

#3BBC9B #BC3B9C #BC5A3B

monochromatic

#1E5F4E #2C8D75 #3BBC9B #65CFB4 #94DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BBC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#3BBC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBC9B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBC9B	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1b8',
    500: '#3bbc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbc9b;
$custom-light: #82d1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.651,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71696,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBC9B

secondary

#C98A9A

accent

#4C71DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBC9B

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

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