#31A496#31A496

#31A496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.102 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31A496
RGB	rgb(49, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -34.87, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 34.92, 183.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.1023 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.102 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0445, 29.4036, 33.4673)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31A496 #A4313F

analogous

#31A45D #31A496 #3179A4

triadic

#31A496 #9631A4 #A49631

tetradic

#31A496 #5D31A4 #A4313F #79A431

square

#31A496 #5D31A4 #A4313F #79A431

split-complementary

#31A496 #A43179 #A45D31

monochromatic

#154640 #23756B #31A496 #49C9B9 #79D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#31A496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#31A496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #31A496

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31A496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31A496	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31a496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.102 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abfb4',
    500: '#31a496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31a496;
$custom-light: #7abfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31a496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65223,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31A496

secondary

#BF727B

accent

#4A5CDD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #31A496

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

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