#3BA8AC#3BA8AC

#3BA8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.097 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8AC
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -28.98, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 31.05, 201.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0918 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.097 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2494, 31.9110, 43.9559)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8AC #AC3F3B

analogous

#3BAC77 #3BA8AC #3B6FAC

triadic

#3BA8AC #AC3BA8 #A8AC3B

tetradic

#3BA8AC #773BAC #AC3F3B #6FAC3B

square

#3BA8AC #773BAC #AC3F3B #6FAC3B

split-complementary

#3BA8AC #AC3B6F #AC773B

monochromatic

#1C4F51 #2B7B7E #3BA8AC #5DC4C7 #8AD4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3BA8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#3BA8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8AC

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8AC	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.097 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c4',
    500: '#3ba8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8ac;
$custom-light: #80c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.124,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67241,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8AC

secondary

#C18481

accent

#544FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8AC

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

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