#3BBD9F#3BBD9F

#3BBD9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBD9F
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -42.23, 4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 42.52, 173.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.1196 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.12 174)
XYZ	xyz(26.2561, 39.8252, 39.0974)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBD9F #BD3B59

analogous

#3BBD5E #3BBD9F #3B9ABD

triadic

#3BBD9F #9F3BBD #BD9F3B

tetradic

#3BBD9F #5E3BBD #BD3B59 #9ABD3B

square

#3BBD9F #5E3BBD #BD3B59 #9ABD3B

split-complementary

#3BBD9F #BD3B9A #BD5E3B

monochromatic

#1E6051 #2C8E78 #3BBD9F #66CFB7 #95DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BBD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#3BBD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBD9F

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBD9F	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1bb',
    500: '#3bbd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbd9f;
$custom-light: #82d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.39828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBD9F

secondary

#C98B99

accent

#4C6DDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBD9F

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

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