#3BC9B1#3BC9B1

#3BC9B1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9B1
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 177)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 11.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -42.85, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 42.86, 178.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.1234 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.123 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6222, 45.8738, 48.8271)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9B1 #C93B53

analogous

#3BC96A #3BC9B1 #3B9AC9

triadic

#3BC9B1 #B13BC9 #C9B13B

tetradic

#3BC9B1 #6A3BC9 #C93B53 #9AC93B

square

#3BC9B1 #6A3BC9 #C93B53 #9AC93B

split-complementary

#3BC9B1 #C93B9A #C96A3B

monochromatic

#1E6C5F #2B9C89 #3BC9B1 #6BD6C4 #9BE3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#3BC9B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#3BC9B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9B1

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9B1	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dac8',
    500: '#3bc9b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9b1;
$custom-light: #85dac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.859,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75574,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9B1

secondary

#CF909B

accent

#4861E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9B1

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

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