#3BA5BA#3BA5BA

#3BA5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.099 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5BA
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -23.23, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 30.43, 220.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0828 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.099 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1180, 31.3825, 51.2312)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5BA #BA503B

analogous

#3BBA8F #3BA5BA #3B65BA

triadic

#3BA5BA #BA3BA5 #A5BA3B

tetradic

#3BA5BA #8F3BBA #BA503B #65BA3B

square

#3BA5BA #8F3BBA #BA503B #65BA3B

split-complementary

#3BA5BA #BA3B65 #BA8F3B

monochromatic

#1E535D #2C7C8C #3BA5BA #64BCCE #93D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#3BA5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#3BA5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5BA

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5BA	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.099 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0ce',
    500: '#3ba5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5ba;
$custom-light: #81c0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.921,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67042,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5BA

secondary

#C89389

accent

#644DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5BA

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

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