#3BC9A4#3BC9A4

#3BC9A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9A4
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 164)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 18.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -46.13, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 46.77, 170.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.1294 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.131 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3876, 45.3800, 42.3252)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9A4 #C93B60

analogous

#3BC95D #3BC9A4 #3BA7C9

triadic

#3BC9A4 #A43BC9 #C9A43B

tetradic

#3BC9A4 #5D3BC9 #C93B60 #A7C93B

square

#3BC9A4 #5D3BC9 #C93B60 #A7C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9A4 #C93BA7 #C95D3B

monochromatic

#1E6C58 #2B9C7E #3BC9A4 #6BD6BA #9BE3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#3BC9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#3BC9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9A4

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9A4	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dabf',
    500: '#3bc9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9a4;
$custom-light: #84dabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.366,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75204,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9A4

secondary

#CF90A1

accent

#486FE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9A4

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

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