#31BCAE#31BCAE

#31BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31BCAE
RGB	rgb(49, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -39.17, -3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 39.32, 184.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1156 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.116 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8861, 39.6722, 46.2767)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31BCAE #BC313F

analogous

#31BC69 #31BCAE #3185BC

triadic

#31BCAE #AE31BC #BCAE31

tetradic

#31BCAE #6931BC #BC313F #85BC31

square

#31BCAE #6931BC #BC313F #85BC31

split-complementary

#31BCAE #BC3185 #BC6931

monochromatic

#185B54 #248B81 #31BCAE #57D3C7 #88E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#31BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#31BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31BCAE

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31BCAE	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)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd1c6',
    500: '#31bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31bcae;
$custom-light: #7fd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.957,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72045,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31BCAE

secondary

#CA7F87

accent

#4656E2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #31BCAE

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

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