#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
RGBrgb(59, 201, 185)
HSLhsl(173, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(173, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(70.6%, 0%, 8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.68, -40.73, -2.86)
CIE-LCHlch(73.68, 40.83, 184.02°)
OKLaboklab(75.82% -0.1198 -0.0084)
OKLCHoklch(75.82% 0.12 184)
XYZxyz(31.4431, 46.2022, 53.1503)
Luminance0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3BC9B91.002.0510.2410.24
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2421.001.001.00
##00000010.2421.001.001.00

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

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#3BC9B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva