#3BD9B5#3BD9B5

#3BD9B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.138 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BD9B5
RGB	rgb(59, 217, 181)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 16.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -48.66, 6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 49.05, 172.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.1374 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.138 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9527, 53.8876, 52.2663)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BD9B5 #D93B5F

analogous

#3BD966 #3BD9B5 #3BAED9

triadic

#3BD9B5 #B53BD9 #D9B53B

tetradic

#3BD9B5 #663BD9 #D93B5F #AED93B

square

#3BD9B5 #663BD9 #D93B5F #AED93B

split-complementary

#3BD9B5 #D93BAE #D9663B

monochromatic

#198169 #23B493 #3BD9B5 #6EE3C8 #A2EDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#3BD9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#3BD9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BD9B5

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BD9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BD9B5	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CBB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bd9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 217, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.138 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e5cb',
    500: '#3bd9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bd9b5;
$custom-light: #87e5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bd9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.329,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79637,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BD9B5

secondary

#883144

accent

#3D65EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BD9B5

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

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