#31BDB8#31BDB8

#31BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31BDB8
RGB	rgb(49, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -36.81, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 37.68, 192.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1121 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.114 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1119, 40.5054, 51.6748)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31BDB8 #BD3136

analogous

#31BD72 #31BDB8 #317CBD

triadic

#31BDB8 #B831BD #BDB831

tetradic

#31BDB8 #7231BD #BD3136 #7CBD31

square

#31BDB8 #7231BD #BD3136 #7CBD31

split-complementary

#31BDB8 #BD317C #BD7231

monochromatic

#185C59 #248C89 #31BDB8 #58D4CF #88E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#31BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#31BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #31BDB8

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31BDB8	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1cd',
    500: '#31bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31bdb8;
$custom-light: #80d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72623,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31BDB8

secondary

#CA8082

accent

#464BE2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #31BDB8

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

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