#318C8B#318C8B

#318C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.084 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#318C8B
RGB	rgb(49, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -26.46, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 27.47, 195.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0817 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.084 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3028, 21.2715, 27.7204)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#318C8B #8C3132

analogous

#318C5E #318C8B #315F8C

triadic

#318C8B #8B318C #8C8B31

tetradic

#318C8B #5E318C #8C3132 #5F8C31

square

#318C8B #5E318C #8C3132 #5F8C31

split-complementary

#318C8B #8C315F #8C5E31

monochromatic

#113131 #215F5E #318C8B #41B9B8 #6CCCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#318C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#318C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #318C8B

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##318C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##318C8B	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #318c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.084 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeac',
    500: '#318c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #318c8b;
$custom-light: #76aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#318c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.341,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58704,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#318C8B

secondary

#B36667

accent

#5052D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #318C8B

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

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