#3BC9A5#3BC9A5

#3BC9A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9A5
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 165)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 17.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -45.89, 7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 46.45, 171.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.129 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.13 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4783, 45.4163, 42.8026)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9A5 #C93B5F

analogous

#3BC95E #3BC9A5 #3BA6C9

triadic

#3BC9A5 #A53BC9 #C9A53B

tetradic

#3BC9A5 #5E3BC9 #C93B5F #A6C93B

square

#3BC9A5 #5E3BC9 #C93B5F #A6C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9A5 #C93BA6 #C95E3B

monochromatic

#1E6C58 #2B9C7F #3BC9A5 #6BD6BB #9BE3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#3BC9A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#3BC9A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9A5

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9A5	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)

#C3BCA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dabf',
    500: '#3bc9a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9a5;
$custom-light: #84dabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.789,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75231,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9A5

secondary

#CF90A0

accent

#486EE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9A5

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

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