#3BA8B2#3BA8B2

#3BA8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8B2
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -27.20, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 30.68, 207.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0892 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8387, 32.1468, 47.0594)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8B2 #B2453B

analogous

#3BB281 #3BA8B2 #3B6DB2

triadic

#3BA8B2 #B23BA8 #A8B23B

tetradic

#3BA8B2 #813BB2 #B2453B #6DB23B

square

#3BA8B2 #813BB2 #B2453B #6DB23B

split-complementary

#3BA8B2 #B23B6D #B2813B

monochromatic

#1D5156 #2C7D84 #3BA8B2 #60C1CA #8ED3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#3BA8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#3BA8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8B2

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8B2	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2c9',
    500: '#3ba8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8b2;
$custom-light: #81c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67463,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8B2

secondary

#C48A85

accent

#5A4EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8B2

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

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