#3BA5A0#3BA5A0

#3BA5A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.096 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5A0
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 160)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -30.98, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 31.62, 191.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.094 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.096 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6011, 30.3758, 37.9756)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5A0 #A53B40

analogous

#3BA56B #3BA5A0 #3B75A5

triadic

#3BA5A0 #A03BA5 #A5A03B

tetradic

#3BA5A0 #6B3BA5 #A53B40 #75A53B

square

#3BA5A0 #6B3BA5 #A53B40 #75A53B

split-complementary

#3BA5A0 #A53B75 #A56B3B

monochromatic

#1B4B49 #2B7874 #3BA5A0 #59C4BF #86D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#3BA5A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#3BA5A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5A0

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5A0	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.096 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0bc',
    500: '#3ba5a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5a0;
$custom-light: #7fc0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.17,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66071,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5A0

secondary

#BE7E81

accent

#5157D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5A0

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

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