#3BA8AB#3BA8AB

#3BA8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.097 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8AB
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 171)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 1.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -29.27, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 31.14, 199.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0923 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.097 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1537, 31.8728, 43.4520)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8AB #AB3E3B

analogous

#3BAB76 #3BA8AB #3B70AB

triadic

#3BA8AB #AB3BA8 #A8AB3B

tetradic

#3BA8AB #763BAB #AB3E3B #70AB3B

square

#3BA8AB #763BAB #AB3E3B #70AB3B

split-complementary

#3BA8AB #AB3B70 #AB763B

monochromatic

#1C4F50 #2B7B7D #3BA8AB #5CC4C7 #8AD5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3BA8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#3BA8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8AB

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8AB	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)

#9DA0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.097 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c4',
    500: '#3ba8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8ab;
$custom-light: #80c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.607,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67205,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8AB

secondary

#C18381

accent

#5350D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8AB

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

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