#3BC9AF#3BC9AF

#3BC9AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9AF
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 12.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -43.37, 2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 43.42, 177.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.1243 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.124 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4243, 45.7947, 47.7849)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9AF #C93B55

analogous

#3BC968 #3BC9AF #3B9CC9

triadic

#3BC9AF #AF3BC9 #C9AF3B

tetradic

#3BC9AF #683BC9 #C93B55 #9CC93B

square

#3BC9AF #683BC9 #C93B55 #9CC93B

split-complementary

#3BC9AF #C93B9C #C9683B

monochromatic

#1E6C5E #2B9C87 #3BC9AF #6BD6C3 #9BE3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#3BC9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9AF

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9AF	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dac6',
    500: '#3bc9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9af;
$custom-light: #85dac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.014,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75515,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9AF

secondary

#CF909C

accent

#4864E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9AF

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

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