#31BCBE#31BCBE

#31BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31BCBE
RGB	rgb(49, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -34.61, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 36.47, 198.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1084 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.113 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5399, 40.3336, 54.9862)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31BCBE #BE3331

analogous

#31BE7A #31BCBE #3176BE

triadic

#31BCBE #BE31BC #BCBE31

tetradic

#31BCBE #7A31BE #BE3331 #76BE31

square

#31BCBE #7A31BE #BE3331 #76BE31

split-complementary

#31BCBE #BE3176 #BE7A31

monochromatic

#185C5D #248C8D #31BCBE #58D2D4 #89DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#31BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#31BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31BCBE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31BCBE	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0d1',
    500: '#31bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31bcbe;
$custom-light: #81d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.851,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31BCBE

secondary

#CA8180

accent

#4846E2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #31BCBE

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

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