#31B5C5#31B5C5

#31B5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31B5C5
RGB	rgb(49, 181, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -29.14, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 34.35, 211.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0986 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.111 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8641, 37.7286, 58.6263)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31B5C5 #C54131

analogous

#31C58B #31B5C5 #316BC5

triadic

#31B5C5 #C531B5 #B5C531

tetradic

#31B5C5 #8B31C5 #C54131 #6BC531

square

#31B5C5 #8B31C5 #C54131 #6BC531

split-complementary

#31B5C5 #C5316B #C58B31

monochromatic

#195B63 #258894 #31B5C5 #5DC9D7 #8EDAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#31B5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#31B5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31B5C5

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31B5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31B5C5	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31b5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 181, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd6',
    500: '#31b5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31b5c5;
$custom-light: #81cbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31b5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71131,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31B5C5

secondary

#CD8C85

accent

#5644E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #31B5C5

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

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