#3BC9AD#3BC9AD

#3BC9AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9AD
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 13.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -43.88, 3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 44.00, 175.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.1252 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.125 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2293, 45.7167, 46.7581)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9AD #C93B57

analogous

#3BC966 #3BC9AD #3B9EC9

triadic

#3BC9AD #AD3BC9 #C9AD3B

tetradic

#3BC9AD #663BC9 #C93B57 #9EC93B

square

#3BC9AD #663BC9 #C93B57 #9EC93B

split-complementary

#3BC9AD #C93B9E #C9663B

monochromatic

#1E6C5C #2B9C86 #3BC9AD #6BD6C1 #9BE3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#3BC9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9AD

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9AD	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dac5',
    500: '#3bc9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9ad;
$custom-light: #84dac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75456,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9AD

secondary

#CF909D

accent

#4866E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9AD

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

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