#3BBCB9#3BBCB9

#3BBCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCB9
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -34.80, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 35.86, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1067 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.109 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5398, 40.3957, 52.1826)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCB9 #BC3B3E

analogous

#3BBC78 #3BBCB9 #3B7EBC

triadic

#3BBCB9 #B93BBC #BCB93B

tetradic

#3BBCB9 #783BBC #BC3B3E #7EBC3B

square

#3BBCB9 #783BBC #BC3B3E #7EBC3B

split-complementary

#3BBCB9 #BC3B7E #BC783B

monochromatic

#1E5F5D #2C8D8B #3BBCB9 #65CFCC #94DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3BBCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#3BBCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCB9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCB9	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0ce',
    500: '#3bbcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcb9;
$custom-light: #83d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72626,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCB9

secondary

#C98A8C

accent

#4C4FDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCB9

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

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