#3AB9B4#3AB9B4

#3AB9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3AB9B4
RGBrgb(58, 185, 180)
HSLhsl(178, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(178, 69%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.67, -34.95, -7.53)
CIE-LCHlch(68.67, 35.75, 192.15°)
OKLaboklab(71.69% -0.1063 -0.021)
OKLCHoklch(71.69% 0.108 191.2)
XYZxyz(27.3283, 38.8896, 49.2373)
Luminance0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3AB9B4 #B93A3F
analogous
#3AB975 #3AB9B4 #3A7EB9
triadic
#3AB9B4 #B43AB9 #B9B43A
tetradic
#3AB9B4 #753AB9 #B93A3F #7EB93A
square
#3AB9B4 #753AB9 #B93A3F #7EB93A
split-complementary
#3AB9B4 #B93A7E #B9753A
monochromatic
#1D5C59 #2B8A87 #3AB9B4 #62CECA #91DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#3AB9B4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78
#3AB9B4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9B4
8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3AB9B4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3AB9B41.002.398.788.78
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7821.001.001.00
##0000008.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEB0B4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA2B5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3ab9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 191.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ceca',
    500: '#3ab9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3ab9b4;
$custom-light: #82ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3ab9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.638,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3AB9B4
secondary
#C7878A
accent
#4C52DC
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9B4

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

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#3AB9B4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva