#3BA8A8#3BA8A8

#3BA8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.097 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8A8
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -30.14, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 31.48, 196.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0936 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.097 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8710, 31.7597, 41.9631)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8A8 #A83B3B

analogous

#3BA872 #3BA8A8 #3B72A8

triadic

#3BA8A8 #A83BA8 #A8A83B

tetradic

#3BA8A8 #723BA8 #A83B3B #72A83B

square

#3BA8A8 #723BA8 #A83B3B #72A83B

split-complementary

#3BA8A8 #A83B72 #A8723B

monochromatic

#1B4D4D #2B7B7B #3BA8A8 #5BC5C5 #88D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#3BA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#3BA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8A8

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8A8	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.097 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c1',
    500: '#3ba8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8a8;
$custom-light: #80c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67097,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8A8

secondary

#C07F7F

accent

#5050D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8A8

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

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