#3BA6A2#3BA6A2

#3BA6A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.096 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6A2
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 162)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -30.89, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 31.66, 192.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0942 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.096 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9585, 30.8085, 38.9648)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6A2 #A63B3F

analogous

#3BA66D #3BA6A2 #3B75A6

triadic

#3BA6A2 #A23BA6 #A6A23B

tetradic

#3BA6A2 #6D3BA6 #A63B3F #75A63B

square

#3BA6A2 #6D3BA6 #A63B3F #75A63B

split-complementary

#3BA6A2 #A63B75 #A66D3B

monochromatic

#1B4C4A #2B7976 #3BA6A2 #5AC4C0 #87D4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#3BA6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#3BA6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6A2

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6A2	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.096 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc1bd',
    500: '#3ba6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6a2;
$custom-light: #7fc1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.757,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6639,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6A2

secondary

#BF7E81

accent

#5156D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6A2

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

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