#3BC9B0#3BC9B0

#3BC9B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9B0
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 176)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 12.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -43.11, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 43.14, 177.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.1239 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.124 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5229, 45.8341, 48.3041)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9B0 #C93B54

analogous

#3BC969 #3BC9B0 #3B9BC9

triadic

#3BC9B0 #B03BC9 #C9B03B

tetradic

#3BC9B0 #693BC9 #C93B54 #9BC93B

square

#3BC9B0 #693BC9 #C93B54 #9BC93B

split-complementary

#3BC9B0 #C93B9B #C9693B

monochromatic

#1E6C5E #2B9C88 #3BC9B0 #6BD6C3 #9BE3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC9B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#3BC9B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9B0

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9B0	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dac7',
    500: '#3bc9b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9b0;
$custom-light: #85dac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.437,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75544,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9B0

secondary

#CF909C

accent

#4863E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9B0

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

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