#3BBCC9#3BBCC9

#3BBCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCC9
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -30.12, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 34.44, 208.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0998 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.11 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3249, 41.1097, 61.5838)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCC9 #C9483B

analogous

#3BC98F #3BBCC9 #3B75C9

triadic

#3BBCC9 #C93BBC #BCC93B

tetradic

#3BBCC9 #8F3BC9 #C9483B #75C93B

square

#3BBCC9 #8F3BC9 #C9483B #75C93B

split-complementary

#3BBCC9 #C93B75 #C98F3B

monochromatic

#1E656C #2B929C #3BBCC9 #6BCCD6 #9BDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#3BBCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#3BBCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCC9

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCC9	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0d9',
    500: '#3bbcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcc9;
$custom-light: #85d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.493,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCC9

secondary

#CF9690

accent

#5648E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCC9

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

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