#3BA5A4#3BA5A4

#3BA5A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.095 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5A4
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 164)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -29.84, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 31.00, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0922 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.095 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9566, 30.5180, 39.8482)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5A4 #A53B3C

analogous

#3BA56F #3BA5A4 #3B71A5

triadic

#3BA5A4 #A43BA5 #A5A43B

tetradic

#3BA5A4 #6F3BA5 #A53B3C #71A53B

square

#3BA5A4 #6F3BA5 #A53B3C #71A53B

split-complementary

#3BA5A4 #A53B71 #A56F3B

monochromatic

#1B4B4A #2B7877 #3BA5A4 #59C4C3 #86D4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#3BA5A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#3BA5A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5A4

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5A4	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A91A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.095 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0be',
    500: '#3ba5a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5a4;
$custom-light: #7fc0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.434,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6621,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5A4

secondary

#BE7E7E

accent

#5152D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5A4

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

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