#3BBEC9#3BBEC9

#3BBEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBEC9
RGB	rgb(59, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -31.09, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 34.87, 206.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.1018 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7551, 41.9702, 61.7272)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBEC9 #C9463B

analogous

#3BC98D #3BBEC9 #3B77C9

triadic

#3BBEC9 #C93BBE #BEC93B

tetradic

#3BBEC9 #8D3BC9 #C9463B #77C93B

square

#3BBEC9 #8D3BC9 #C9463B #77C93B

split-complementary

#3BBEC9 #C93B77 #C98D3B

monochromatic

#1E666C #2B939C #3BBEC9 #6BCED6 #9BDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#3BBEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#3BBEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBEC9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBEC9	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2d9',
    500: '#3bbec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbec9;
$custom-light: #85d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.648,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73682,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBEC9

secondary

#CF9590

accent

#5448E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBEC9

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

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