#31A9AB#31A9AB

#31A9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.102 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31A9AB
RGB	rgb(49, 169, 171)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -31.19, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 32.93, 198.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0978 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.102 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8020, 31.9665, 43.4886)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31A9AB #AB3331

analogous

#31AB70 #31A9AB #316CAB

triadic

#31A9AB #AB31A9 #A9AB31

tetradic

#31A9AB #7031AB #AB3331 #6CAB31

square

#31A9AB #7031AB #AB3331 #6CAB31

split-complementary

#31A9AB #AB316C #AB7031

monochromatic

#164B4C #237A7B #31A9AB #4DCACC #7DD8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#31A9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#31A9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31A9AB

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31A9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31A9AB	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31a9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 169, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.102 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3c4',
    500: '#31a9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31a9ab;
$custom-light: #7cc3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31a9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67202,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31A9AB

secondary

#C27775

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #31A9AB

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

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