#3BBC9C#3BBC9C

#3BBC9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBC9C
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -42.55, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 42.98, 171.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.12 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.121 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7846, 39.2936, 37.6716)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBC9C #BC3B5B

analogous

#3BBC5B #3BBC9C #3B9BBC

triadic

#3BBC9C #9C3BBC #BC9C3B

tetradic

#3BBC9C #5B3BBC #BC3B5B #9BBC3B

square

#3BBC9C #5B3BBC #BC3B5B #9BBC3B

split-complementary

#3BBC9C #BC3B9B #BC5B3B

monochromatic

#1E5F4F #2C8D75 #3BBC9C #65CFB5 #94DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BBC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#3BBC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBC9C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBC9C	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1b9',
    500: '#3bbc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbc9c;
$custom-light: #82d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.116,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71724,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBC9C

secondary

#C98A9A

accent

#4C70DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBC9C

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

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