#3BBC9F#3BBC9F

#3BBC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBC9F
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -41.79, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 42.04, 173.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.1186 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.119 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0417, 39.3965, 39.0260)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBC9F #BC3B58

analogous

#3BBC5E #3BBC9F #3B98BC

triadic

#3BBC9F #9F3BBC #BC9F3B

tetradic

#3BBC9F #5E3BBC #BC3B58 #98BC3B

square

#3BBC9F #5E3BBC #BC3B58 #98BC3B

split-complementary

#3BBC9F #BC3B98 #BC5E3B

monochromatic

#1E5F50 #2C8D78 #3BBC9F #65CFB7 #94DDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BBC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#3BBC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBC9F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBC9F	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1bb',
    500: '#3bbc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbc9f;
$custom-light: #82d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.512,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71809,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBC9F

secondary

#C98A98

accent

#4C6CDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBC9F

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

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