#3BA5AA#3BA5AA

#3BA5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.095 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5AA
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -28.09, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 30.35, 202.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0895 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.095 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5113, 30.7399, 42.7694)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5AA #AA403B

analogous

#3BAA78 #3BA5AA #3B6DAA

triadic

#3BA5AA #AA3BA5 #A5AA3B

tetradic

#3BA5AA #783BAA #AA403B #6DAA3B

square

#3BA5AA #783BAA #AA403B #6DAA3B

split-complementary

#3BA5AA #AA3B6D #AA783B

monochromatic

#1B4D4F #2B797D #3BA5AA #5CC2C6 #89D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#3BA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#3BA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5AA

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5AA	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.095 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0c3',
    500: '#3ba5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5aa;
$custom-light: #7fc0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.703,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66425,
    "c": 0.09505,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5AA

secondary

#C08380

accent

#5650D8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5AA

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

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