#3BCBC9#3BCBC9

#3BCBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.118 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCBC9
RGB	rgb(59, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -37.21, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 38.52, 194.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.1147 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.118 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6974, 47.8547, 62.7079)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCBC9 #CB3B3D

analogous

#3BCB81 #3BCBC9 #3B85CB

triadic

#3BCBC9 #C93BCB #CBC93B

tetradic

#3BCBC9 #813BCB #CB3B3D #85CB3B

square

#3BCBC9 #813BCB #CB3B3D #85CB3B

split-complementary

#3BCBC9 #CB3B85 #CB813B

monochromatic

#1D6E6D #2A9F9D #3BCBC9 #6BD8D6 #9CE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#3BCBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#3BCBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCBC9

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCBC9	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.118 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbd9',
    500: '#3bcbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcbc9;
$custom-light: #87dbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76829,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCBC9

secondary

#D19192

accent

#4749E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCBC9

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

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