#3AB9BA#3AB9BA

#3AB9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9BA
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -33.24, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 34.87, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.1037 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.108 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9528, 39.1394, 52.5263)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9BA #BA3B3A

analogous

#3ABA7B #3AB9BA #3A79BA

triadic

#3AB9BA #BA3AB9 #B9BA3A

tetradic

#3AB9BA #7B3ABA #BA3B3A #79BA3A

square

#3AB9BA #7B3ABA #BA3B3A #79BA3A

split-complementary

#3AB9BA #BA3A79 #BA7B3A

monochromatic

#1D5C5D #2B8B8B #3AB9BA #63CDCE #92DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3AB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#3AB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9BA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9BA	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cece',
    500: '#3ab9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9ba;
$custom-light: #83cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.469,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71901,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9BA

secondary

#C88888

accent

#4D4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9BA

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

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