#31B9C8#31B9C8

#31B9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31B9C8
RGB	rgb(49, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -30.17, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 35.06, 210.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1013 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.113 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0363, 39.5175, 60.7297)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31B9C8 #C84031

analogous

#31C88C #31B9C8 #316EC8

triadic

#31B9C8 #C831B9 #B9C831

tetradic

#31B9C8 #8C31C8 #C84031 #6EC831

square

#31B9C8 #8C31C8 #C84031 #6EC831

split-complementary

#31B9C8 #C8316E #C88C31

monochromatic

#195E66 #258C97 #31B9C8 #5FCCD8 #90DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#31B9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#31B9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31B9C8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31B9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31B9C8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31b9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced8',
    500: '#31b9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31b9c8;
$custom-light: #81ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31b9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.96,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7222,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31B9C8

secondary

#CE8E86

accent

#5444E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #31B9C8

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

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