#3BC9AB#3BC9AB

#3BC9AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BC9AB
RGBrgb(59, 201, 171)
HSLhsl(167, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(167, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(70.6%, 0%, 14.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.31, -44.39, 4.19)
CIE-LCHlch(73.31, 44.59, 174.61°)
OKLaboklab(75.4% -0.1262 0.0104)
OKLCHoklch(75.4% 0.127 175.3)
XYZxyz(30.0373, 45.6399, 45.7465)
Luminance0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BC9AB #C93B59
analogous
#3BC964 #3BC9AB #3BA0C9
triadic
#3BC9AB #AB3BC9 #C9AB3B
tetradic
#3BC9AB #643BC9 #C93B59 #A0C93B
square
#3BC9AB #643BC9 #C93B59 #A0C93B
split-complementary
#3BC9AB #C93BA0 #C9643B
monochromatic
#1E6C5B #2B9C84 #3BC9AB #6BD6C0 #9BE3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#3BC9AB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13
#3BC9AB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9AB
10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BC9AB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BC9AB1.002.0710.1310.13
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1321.001.001.00
##00000010.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2BCAA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEAEAD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bc9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 175.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dac4',
    500: '#3bc9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bc9ab;
$custom-light: #84dac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bc9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.324,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75399,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BC9AB
secondary
#CF909E
accent
#4868E0
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FBF8
border
#CBD4D1
text
#0C1512
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#3BC9AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva