#3AB9BE#3AB9BE

#3AB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9BE
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -32.07, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 34.45, 201.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.1019 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3840, 39.3119, 54.7972)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9BE #BE3F3A

analogous

#3ABE81 #3AB9BE #3A77BE

triadic

#3AB9BE #BE3AB9 #B9BE3A

tetradic

#3AB9BE #813ABE #BE3F3A #77BE3A

square

#3AB9BE #813ABE #BE3F3A #77BE3A

split-complementary

#3AB9BE #BE3A77 #BE813A

monochromatic

#1D5E60 #2C8B8F #3AB9BE #65CCD0 #94DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3AB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#3AB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9BE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9BE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced1',
    500: '#3ab9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9be;
$custom-light: #83ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.273,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72043,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9BE

secondary

#CA8D8A

accent

#514BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9BE

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

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