#3BC9B8#3BC9B8

#3BC9B8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9B8
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 184)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -41.00, -2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 41.07, 183.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.1202 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.12 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3379, 46.1601, 52.5963)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9B8 #C93B4C

analogous

#3BC971 #3BC9B8 #3B93C9

triadic

#3BC9B8 #B83BC9 #C9B83B

tetradic

#3BC9B8 #713BC9 #C93B4C #93C93B

square

#3BC9B8 #713BC9 #C93B4C #93C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9B8 #C93B93 #C9713B

monochromatic

#1E6C63 #2B9C8E #3BC9B8 #6BD6C9 #9BE3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#3BC9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9B8

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9B8	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dacd',
    500: '#3bc9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9b8;
$custom-light: #85dacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.817,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75787,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9B8

secondary

#CF9098

accent

#485AE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9B8

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

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