#3BC9BA#3BC9BA

#3BC9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9BA
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -40.46, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 40.60, 184.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.1193 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.12 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5490, 46.2446, 53.7082)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9BA #C93B4A

analogous

#3BC973 #3BC9BA #3B91C9

triadic

#3BC9BA #BA3BC9 #C9BA3B

tetradic

#3BC9BA #733BC9 #C93B4A #91C93B

square

#3BC9BA #733BC9 #C93B4A #91C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9BA #C93B91 #C9733B

monochromatic

#1E6C64 #2B9C90 #3BC9BA #6BD6CB #9BE3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#3BC9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9BA

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9BA	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dace',
    500: '#3bc9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9ba;
$custom-light: #85dace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.662,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75849,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9BA

secondary

#CF9097

accent

#4858E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9BA

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

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