#31BAB5#31BAB5

#31BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31BAB5
RGB	rgb(49, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -36.29, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 37.13, 192.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.1104 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.113 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1621, 39.1037, 49.8233)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31BAB5 #BA3136

analogous

#31BA70 #31BAB5 #317ABA

triadic

#31BAB5 #B531BA #BAB531

tetradic

#31BAB5 #7031BA #BA3136 #7ABA31

square

#31BAB5 #7031BA #BA3136 #7ABA31

split-complementary

#31BAB5 #BA317A #BA7031

monochromatic

#175957 #248A86 #31BAB5 #56D2CE #86DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#31BAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#31BAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31BAB5

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31BAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31BAB5	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfcb',
    500: '#31bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31bab5;
$custom-light: #80cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.81,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71779,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31BAB5

secondary

#C97E81

accent

#464CE2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #31BAB5

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

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