#3BA8BA#3BA8BA

#3BA8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.100 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8BA
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -24.76, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 30.77, 216.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0859 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.1 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6654, 32.4775, 51.4137)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8BA #BA4D3B

analogous

#3BBA8C #3BA8BA #3B68BA

triadic

#3BA8BA #BA3BA8 #A8BA3B

tetradic

#3BA8BA #8C3BBA #BA4D3B #68BA3B

square

#3BA8BA #8C3BBA #BA4D3B #68BA3B

split-complementary

#3BA8BA #BA3B68 #BA8C3B

monochromatic

#1E545D #2C7E8C #3BA8BA #64BFCE #93D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#3BA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#3BA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8BA

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8BA	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.100 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2ce',
    500: '#3ba8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8ba;
$custom-light: #81c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.504,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67772,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8BA

secondary

#C89289

accent

#614DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8BA

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

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