#3BA5B9#3BA5B9

#3BA5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.099 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5B9
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 185)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -23.55, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 30.34, 219.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67% -0.0832 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.099 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0120, 31.3402, 50.6733)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5B9 #B94F3B

analogous

#3BB98E #3BA5B9 #3B66B9

triadic

#3BA5B9 #B93BA5 #A5B93B

tetradic

#3BA5B9 #8E3BB9 #B94F3B #66B93B

square

#3BA5B9 #8E3BB9 #B94F3B #66B93B

split-complementary

#3BA5B9 #B93B66 #B98E3B

monochromatic

#1D525C #2C7C8B #3BA5B9 #64BDCD #92D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#3BA5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#3BA5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5B9

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5B9	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8492B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.099 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0ce',
    500: '#3ba5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5b9;
$custom-light: #81c0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67002,
    "c": 0.09877,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5B9

secondary

#C79288

accent

#634DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5B9

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

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