#3BC9B2#3BC9B2

#3BC9B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9B2
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 11.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -42.59, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 42.59, 179.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.1229 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.123 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7222, 45.9139, 49.3540)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9B2 #C93B52

analogous

#3BC96B #3BC9B2 #3B99C9

triadic

#3BC9B2 #B23BC9 #C9B23B

tetradic

#3BC9B2 #6B3BC9 #C93B52 #99C93B

square

#3BC9B2 #6B3BC9 #C93B52 #99C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9B2 #C93B99 #C96B3B

monochromatic

#1E6C5F #2B9C8A #3BC9B2 #6BD6C5 #9BE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#3BC9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#3BC9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9B2

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9B2	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)

#C1BDB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dac9',
    500: '#3bc9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9b2;
$custom-light: #85dac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.282,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75604,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9B2

secondary

#CF909B

accent

#4860E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9B2

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

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