#31BBB5#31BBB5

#31BBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.113 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31BBB5
RGB	rgb(49, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -36.75, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 37.49, 191.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1114 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.113 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3735, 39.5265, 49.8938)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31BBB5 #BB3137

analogous

#31BB70 #31BBB5 #317CBB

triadic

#31BBB5 #B531BB #BBB531

tetradic

#31BBB5 #7031BB #BB3137 #7CBB31

square

#31BBB5 #7031BB #BB3137 #7CBB31

split-complementary

#31BBB5 #BB317C #BB7031

monochromatic

#185A57 #248B86 #31BBB5 #56D3CD #87E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#31BBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#31BBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31BBB5

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31BBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31BBB5	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31bbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.113 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0cb',
    500: '#31bbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31bbb5;
$custom-light: #80d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31bbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31BBB5

secondary

#C97F82

accent

#464DE2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #31BBB5

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

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