#3BC9AE#3BC9AE

#3BC9AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9AE
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -43.62, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 43.71, 176.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1248 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.125 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3265, 45.7556, 47.2696)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9AE #C93B56

analogous

#3BC967 #3BC9AE #3B9DC9

triadic

#3BC9AE #AE3BC9 #C9AE3B

tetradic

#3BC9AE #673BC9 #C93B56 #9DC93B

square

#3BC9AE #673BC9 #C93B56 #9DC93B

split-complementary

#3BC9AE #C93B9D #C9673B

monochromatic

#1E6C5D #2B9C86 #3BC9AE #6BD6C2 #9BE3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#3BC9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9AE

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9AE	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dac6',
    500: '#3bc9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9ae;
$custom-light: #85dac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.592,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75485,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9AE

secondary

#CF909C

accent

#4865E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9AE

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

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