#3AB8BA#3AB8BA

#3AB8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB8BA
RGB	rgb(58, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -32.76, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 34.56, 198.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1027 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.107 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7444, 38.7225, 52.4568)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB8BA #BA3C3A

analogous

#3ABA7C #3AB8BA #3A78BA

triadic

#3AB8BA #BA3AB8 #B8BA3A

tetradic

#3AB8BA #7C3ABA #BA3C3A #78BA3A

square

#3AB8BA #7C3ABA #BA3C3A #78BA3A

split-complementary

#3AB8BA #BA3A78 #BA7C3A

monochromatic

#1D5C5D #2B8A8B #3AB8BA #63CDCE #92DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3AB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#3AB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB8BA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB8BA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cece',
    500: '#3ab8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab8ba;
$custom-light: #83cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.938,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB8BA

secondary

#C88988

accent

#4E4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB8BA

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

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