#31B8A6#31B8A6

#31B8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31B8A6
RGB	rgb(49, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -39.57, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 39.59, 181.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.1153 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.115 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2867, 37.6841, 42.0101)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31B8A6 #B83143

analogous

#31B862 #31B8A6 #3186B8

triadic

#31B8A6 #A631B8 #B8A631

tetradic

#31B8A6 #6231B8 #B83143 #86B831

square

#31B8A6 #6231B8 #B83143 #86B831

split-complementary

#31B8A6 #B83186 #B86231

monochromatic

#17574F #24887A #31B8A6 #55D2C1 #85DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#31B8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#31B8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31B8A6

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31B8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31B8A6	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31b8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecec0',
    500: '#31b8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31b8a6;
$custom-light: #7ecec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31b8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70791,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31B8A6

secondary

#C87D87

accent

#475BE1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #31B8A6

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

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