#31B8BD#31B8BD

#31B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31B8BD
RGB	rgb(49, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -33.01, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 35.41, 201.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1049 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.111 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5883, 38.6047, 54.1317)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31B8BD #BD3631

analogous

#31BD7C #31B8BD #3172BD

triadic

#31B8BD #BD31B8 #B8BD31

tetradic

#31B8BD #7C31BD #BD3631 #72BD31

square

#31B8BD #7C31BD #BD3631 #72BD31

split-complementary

#31B8BD #BD3172 #BD7C31

monochromatic

#18595C #24898C #31B8BD #58CFD4 #88DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#31B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#31B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31B8BD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31B8BD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ced0',
    500: '#31b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31b8bd;
$custom-light: #80ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71566,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31B8BD

secondary

#CA8280

accent

#4B46E2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #31B8BD

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

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