#3BBC9E#3BBC9E

#3BBC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBC9E
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -42.04, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 42.35, 173.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.119 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.12 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9553, 39.3619, 38.5708)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBC9E #BC3B59

analogous

#3BBC5E #3BBC9E #3B99BC

triadic

#3BBC9E #9E3BBC #BC9E3B

tetradic

#3BBC9E #5E3BBC #BC3B59 #99BC3B

square

#3BBC9E #5E3BBC #BC3B59 #99BC3B

split-complementary

#3BBC9E #BC3B99 #BC5E3B

monochromatic

#1E5F50 #2C8D77 #3BBC9E #65CFB6 #94DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3BBC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#3BBC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBC9E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBC9E	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)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1ba',
    500: '#3bbc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbc9e;
$custom-light: #82d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBC9E

secondary

#C98A99

accent

#4C6EDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBC9E

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

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