#3BC9B7#3BC9B7

#3BC9B7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9B7
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 183)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -41.27, -1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 41.31, 182.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.1207 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.121 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2334, 46.1183, 52.0462)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9B7 #C93B4D

analogous

#3BC970 #3BC9B7 #3B94C9

triadic

#3BC9B7 #B73BC9 #C9B73B

tetradic

#3BC9B7 #703BC9 #C93B4D #94C93B

square

#3BC9B7 #703BC9 #C93B4D #94C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9B7 #C93B94 #C9703B

monochromatic

#1E6C62 #2B9C8E #3BC9B7 #6BD6C9 #9BE3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#3BC9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9B7

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9B7	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dacc',
    500: '#3bc9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9b7;
$custom-light: #85dacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.394,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9B7

secondary

#CF9098

accent

#485BE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9B7

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

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