#31B5C8#31B5C8

#31B5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.112 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31B5C8
RGB	rgb(49, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -28.21, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 34.40, 214.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0974 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.112 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2113, 37.8674, 60.4547)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31B5C8 #C84431

analogous

#31C890 #31B5C8 #316AC8

triadic

#31B5C8 #C831B5 #B5C831

tetradic

#31B5C8 #9031C8 #C84431 #6AC831

square

#31B5C8 #9031C8 #C84431 #6AC831

split-complementary

#31B5C8 #C8316A #C89031

monochromatic

#195C66 #258997 #31B5C8 #5FC8D8 #90D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#31B5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#31B5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31B5C8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31B5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31B5C8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31b5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.112 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd8',
    500: '#31b5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31b5c8;
$custom-light: #81cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31b5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.55,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71249,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31B5C8

secondary

#CE9086

accent

#5844E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #31B5C8

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

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