#3BC9BD#3BC9BD

#3BC9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9BD
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -39.65, -4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 39.94, 187.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.118 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.119 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8713, 46.3735, 55.4055)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9BD #C93B47

analogous

#3BC976 #3BC9BD #3B8EC9

triadic

#3BC9BD #BD3BC9 #C9BD3B

tetradic

#3BC9BD #763BC9 #C93B47 #8EC93B

square

#3BC9BD #763BC9 #C93B47 #8EC93B

split-complementary

#3BC9BD #C93B8E #C9763B

monochromatic

#1E6C65 #2B9C92 #3BC9BD #6BD6CD #9BE3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#3BC9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#3BC9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9BD

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9BD	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dad0',
    500: '#3bc9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9bd;
$custom-light: #86dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.93,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9BD

secondary

#CF9096

accent

#4855E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9BD

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

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