#3BBCA9#3BBCA9

#3BBCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCA9
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -39.20, -0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 39.20, 180.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1139 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.114 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9448, 39.7577, 43.7824)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCA9 #BC3B4E

analogous

#3BBC68 #3BBCA9 #3B8EBC

triadic

#3BBCA9 #A93BBC #BCA93B

tetradic

#3BBCA9 #683BBC #BC3B4E #8EBC3B

square

#3BBCA9 #683BBC #BC3B4E #8EBC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCA9 #BC3B8E #BC683B

monochromatic

#1E5F55 #2C8D7F #3BBCA9 #65CFBF #94DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#3BBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCA9

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCA9	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c2',
    500: '#3bbca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbca9;
$custom-light: #82d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.163,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72106,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCA9

secondary

#C98A93

accent

#4C61DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCA9

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

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