#3BA499#3BA499

#3BA499 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.097 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA499
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -32.46, -3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 32.61, 185.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0961 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.097 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8262, 29.7784, 34.7810)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA499 #A43B46

analogous

#3BA464 #3BA499 #3B7AA4

triadic

#3BA499 #993BA4 #A4993B

tetradic

#3BA499 #643BA4 #A43B46 #7AA43B

square

#3BA499 #643BA4 #A43B46 #7AA43B

split-complementary

#3BA499 #A43B7A #A4643B

monochromatic

#1B4A45 #2B776F #3BA499 #59C3B8 #86D3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3BA499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#3BA499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA499

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA499	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.097 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebfb7',
    500: '#3ba499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba499;
$custom-light: #7ebfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.714,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65585,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA499

secondary

#BE7D84

accent

#515FD7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA499

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

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