#3BCBB9#3BCBB9

#3BCBB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.122 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCBB9
RGB	rgb(59, 203, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -41.62, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 41.67, 182.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1218 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.122 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9123, 47.1407, 53.3067)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCBB9 #CB3B4D

analogous

#3BCB71 #3BCBB9 #3B95CB

triadic

#3BCBB9 #B93BCB #CBB93B

tetradic

#3BCBB9 #713BCB #CB3B4D #95CB3B

square

#3BCBB9 #713BCB #CB3B4D #95CB3B

split-complementary

#3BCBB9 #CB3B95 #CB713B

monochromatic

#1D6E64 #2A9F90 #3BCBB9 #6BD8CA #9CE5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3BCBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#3BCBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCBB9

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCBB9	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BFB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 203, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.122 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbce',
    500: '#3bcbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcbb9;
$custom-light: #86dbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76309,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCBB9

secondary

#D19199

accent

#475AE1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCBB9

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

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