#3BC9C7#3BC9C7

#3BC9C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9C7
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 199)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -36.86, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 38.15, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.1136 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.117 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9944, 46.8227, 61.3205)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9C7 #C93B3D

analogous

#3BC980 #3BC9C7 #3B84C9

triadic

#3BC9C7 #C73BC9 #C9C73B

tetradic

#3BC9C7 #803BC9 #C93B3D #84C93B

square

#3BC9C7 #803BC9 #C93B3D #84C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9C7 #C93B84 #C9803B

monochromatic

#1E6C6B #2B9C9A #3BC9C7 #6BD6D5 #9BE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#3BC9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#3BC9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9C7

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9C7	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dad8',
    500: '#3bc9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9c7;
$custom-light: #86dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76276,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9C7

secondary

#CF9091

accent

#484AE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9C7

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

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