#3BC999#3BC999

#3BC999 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.139 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC999
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -48.74, 13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 50.52, 164.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.1346 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.139 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4369, 44.9997, 37.3179)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC999 #C93B6B

analogous

#3BC952 #3BC999 #3BB2C9

triadic

#3BC999 #993BC9 #C9993B

tetradic

#3BC999 #523BC9 #C93B6B #B2C93B

square

#3BC999 #523BC9 #C93B6B #B2C93B

split-complementary

#3BC999 #C93BB2 #C9523B

monochromatic

#1E6C51 #2B9C76 #3BC999 #6BD6B2 #9BE3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#3BC999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#3BC999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC999

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC999	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.139 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dab7',
    500: '#3bc999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc999;
$custom-light: #84dab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.718,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74917,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC999

secondary

#CF90A6

accent

#487BE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC999

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

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