#31BCAD#31BCAD

#31BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31BCAD
RGB	rgb(49, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -39.45, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 39.56, 184.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.116 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.116 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7890, 39.6333, 45.7652)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31BCAD #BC3140

analogous

#31BC68 #31BCAD #3186BC

triadic

#31BCAD #AD31BC #BCAD31

tetradic

#31BCAD #6831BC #BC3140 #86BC31

square

#31BCAD #6831BC #BC3140 #86BC31

split-complementary

#31BCAD #BC3186 #BC6831

monochromatic

#185B54 #248B80 #31BCAD #57D3C6 #88E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#31BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#31BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31BCAD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31BCAD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd1c5',
    500: '#31bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31bcad;
$custom-light: #7fd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.525,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72013,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31BCAD

secondary

#CA7F87

accent

#4657E2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #31BCAD

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

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