#3BC9BC#3BC9BC

#3BC9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9BC
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -39.92, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 40.16, 186.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.1184 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.119 186)
XYZ	xyz(31.7631, 46.3302, 54.8358)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9BC #C93B48

analogous

#3BC975 #3BC9BC #3B8FC9

triadic

#3BC9BC #BC3BC9 #C9BC3B

tetradic

#3BC9BC #753BC9 #C93B48 #8FC93B

square

#3BC9BC #753BC9 #C93B48 #8FC93B

split-complementary

#3BC9BC #C93B8F #C9753B

monochromatic

#1E6C65 #2B9C92 #3BC9BC #6BD6CC #9BE3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#3BC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9BC

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9BC	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dad0',
    500: '#3bc9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9bc;
$custom-light: #85dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.507,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75913,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.46334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9BC

secondary

#CF9096

accent

#4856E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9BC

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

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