#3BC9B9#3BC9B9

#3BC9B9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9B9
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -40.73, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 40.83, 184.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.1198 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.12 184)
XYZ	xyz(31.4431, 46.2022, 53.1503)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9B9 #C93B4B

analogous

#3BC972 #3BC9B9 #3B92C9

triadic

#3BC9B9 #B93BC9 #C9B93B

tetradic

#3BC9B9 #723BC9 #C93B4B #92C93B

square

#3BC9B9 #723BC9 #C93B4B #92C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9B9 #C93B92 #C9723B

monochromatic

#1E6C63 #2B9C8F #3BC9B9 #6BD6CA #9BE3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC9B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#3BC9B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9B9

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9B9	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dace',
    500: '#3bc9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9b9;
$custom-light: #85dace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.239,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75818,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.46206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9B9

secondary

#CF9098

accent

#4859E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9B9

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

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