#3AB9BC#3AB9BC

#3AB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9BC
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -32.66, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 34.64, 199.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1028 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.108 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1669, 39.2250, 53.6539)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9BC #BC3D3A

analogous

#3ABC7E #3AB9BC #3A78BC

triadic

#3AB9BC #BC3AB9 #B9BC3A

tetradic

#3AB9BC #7E3ABC #BC3D3A #78BC3A

square

#3AB9BC #7E3ABC #BC3D3A #78BC3A

split-complementary

#3AB9BC #BC3A78 #BC7E3A

monochromatic

#1D5D5E #2C8B8D #3AB9BC #64CDCF #93DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3AB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#3AB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9BC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9BC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced0',
    500: '#3ab9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9bc;
$custom-light: #83ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71971,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9BC

secondary

#C98B89

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9BC

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

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