#3BBFA9#3BBFA9

#3BBFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBFA9
RGB	rgb(59, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -40.54, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 40.54, 178.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.117 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.117 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5924, 41.0528, 43.9982)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBFA9 #BF3B51

analogous

#3BBF67 #3BBFA9 #3B93BF

triadic

#3BBFA9 #A93BBF #BFA93B

tetradic

#3BBFA9 #673BBF #BF3B51 #93BF3B

square

#3BBFA9 #673BBF #BF3B51 #93BF3B

split-complementary

#3BBFA9 #BF3B93 #BF673B

monochromatic

#1E6156 #2D9080 #3BBFA9 #67D0BF #96DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#3BBFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#3BBFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBFA9

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBFA9	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3c2',
    500: '#3bbfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbfa9;
$custom-light: #83d3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBFA9

secondary

#CA8C96

accent

#4C64DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBFA9

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

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