#3BA8A4#3BA8A4

#3BA8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.097 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8A4
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -31.29, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 32.07, 192.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0954 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.097 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5041, 31.6129, 40.0307)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8A4 #A83B3F

analogous

#3BA86E #3BA8A4 #3B76A8

triadic

#3BA8A4 #A43BA8 #A8A43B

tetradic

#3BA8A4 #6E3BA8 #A83B3F #76A83B

square

#3BA8A4 #6E3BA8 #A83B3F #76A83B

split-complementary

#3BA8A4 #A83B76 #A86E3B

monochromatic

#1B4D4C #2B7B78 #3BA8A4 #5BC5C1 #88D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#3BA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#3BA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8A4

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8A4	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.097 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc2be',
    500: '#3ba8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8a4;
$custom-light: #7fc2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.798,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66958,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8A4

secondary

#C07F82

accent

#5055D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8A4

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

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