#3AB4B8#3AB4B8

#3AB4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB4B8
RGB	rgb(58, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -31.43, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 33.58, 200.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0995 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.105 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7141, 36.9997, 51.0719)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB4B8 #B83E3A

analogous

#3AB87D #3AB4B8 #3A75B8

triadic

#3AB4B8 #B83AB4 #B4B83A

tetradic

#3AB4B8 #7D3AB8 #B83E3A #75B83A

square

#3AB4B8 #7D3AB8 #B83E3A #75B83A

split-complementary

#3AB4B8 #B83A75 #B87D3A

monochromatic

#1D595B #2B8689 #3AB4B8 #62CACD #90DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3AB4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#3AB4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB4B8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB4B8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbcd',
    500: '#3ab4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab4b8;
$custom-light: #82cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.905,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB4B8

secondary

#C78987

accent

#514CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB4B8

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

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