#3BC9BB#3BC9BB

#3BC9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9BB
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -40.19, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 40.38, 185.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.1189 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.119 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6557, 46.2872, 54.2701)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9BB #C93B49

analogous

#3BC974 #3BC9BB #3B90C9

triadic

#3BC9BB #BB3BC9 #C9BB3B

tetradic

#3BC9BB #743BC9 #C93B49 #90C93B

square

#3BC9BB #743BC9 #C93B49 #90C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9BB #C93B90 #C9743B

monochromatic

#1E6C64 #2B9C91 #3BC9BB #6BD6CC #9BE3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#3BC9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9BB

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9BB	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dacf',
    500: '#3bc9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9bb;
$custom-light: #85dacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.085,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9BB

secondary

#CF9097

accent

#4857E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9BB

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

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