#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
RGBrgb(59, 201, 186)
HSLhsl(174, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(174, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(70.6%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.70, -40.46, -3.36)
CIE-LCHlch(73.70, 40.60, 184.75°)
OKLaboklab(75.85% -0.1193 -0.0097)
OKLCHoklch(75.85% 0.12 184.7)
XYZxyz(31.5490, 46.2446, 53.7082)
Luminance0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3BC9BA1.002.0510.2510.25
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2521.001.001.00
##00000010.2521.001.001.00

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

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#3BC9BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva