#3BBE9F#3BBE9F

#3BBE9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBE9F
RGB	rgb(59, 190, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 16.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -42.66, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 43.01, 172.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1206 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.121 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4719, 40.2569, 39.1694)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBE9F #BE3B5A

analogous

#3BBE5E #3BBE9F #3B9CBE

triadic

#3BBE9F #9F3BBE #BE9F3B

tetradic

#3BBE9F #5E3BBE #BE3B5A #9CBE3B

square

#3BBE9F #5E3BBE #BE3B5A #9CBE3B

split-complementary

#3BBE9F #BE3B9C #BE5E3B

monochromatic

#1E6151 #2C8F78 #3BBE9F #67D0B7 #95DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3BBE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#3BBE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBE9F

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBE9F	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbe9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 190, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2bb',
    500: '#3bbe9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbe9f;
$custom-light: #82d2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbe9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.802,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72311,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBE9F

secondary

#CA8B9A

accent

#4C6EDC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBE9F

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

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