#3BA8AA#3BA8AA

#3BA8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.097 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8AA
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -29.56, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 31.25, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0927 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.097 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0588, 31.8348, 42.9519)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8AA #AA3D3B

analogous

#3BAA74 #3BA8AA #3B71AA

triadic

#3BA8AA #AA3BA8 #A8AA3B

tetradic

#3BA8AA #743BAA #AA3D3B #71AA3B

square

#3BA8AA #743BAA #AA3D3B #71AA3B

split-complementary

#3BA8AA #AA3B71 #AA743B

monochromatic

#1B4E4F #2B7B7D #3BA8AA #5CC4C6 #89D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3BA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#3BA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8AA

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8AA	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.097 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c3',
    500: '#3ba8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8aa;
$custom-light: #80c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.081,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67169,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8AA

secondary

#C08180

accent

#5250D8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8AA

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

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