#3AB9BB#3AB9BB

#3AB9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9BB
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -32.95, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 34.75, 198.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.1032 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.108 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0595, 39.1821, 53.0881)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9BB #BB3C3A

analogous

#3ABB7C #3AB9BB #3A78BB

triadic

#3AB9BB #BB3AB9 #B9BB3A

tetradic

#3AB9BB #7C3ABB #BB3C3A #78BB3A

square

#3AB9BB #7C3ABB #BB3C3A #78BB3A

split-complementary

#3AB9BB #BB3A78 #BB7C3A

monochromatic

#1D5D5E #2C8B8C #3AB9BB #63CDCF #92DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3AB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#3AB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9BB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9BB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecf',
    500: '#3ab9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9bb;
$custom-light: #83cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.93,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71936,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9BB

secondary

#C88988

accent

#4E4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9BB

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

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