#3BA8BC#3BA8BC

#3BA8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.101 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8BC
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -24.15, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 30.90, 218.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0851 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.101 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8795, 32.5631, 52.5413)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8BC #BC4F3B

analogous

#3BBC8F #3BA8BC #3B67BC

triadic

#3BA8BC #BC3BA8 #A8BC3B

tetradic

#3BA8BC #8F3BBC #BC4F3B #67BC3B

square

#3BA8BC #8F3BBC #BC4F3B #67BC3B

split-complementary

#3BA8BC #BC3B67 #BC8F3B

monochromatic

#1E555F #2C7E8D #3BA8BC #65BECF #94D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#3BA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#3BA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8BC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8BC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.101 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2d0',
    500: '#3ba8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8bc;
$custom-light: #82c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.302,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67851,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8BC

secondary

#C9948A

accent

#624CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8BC

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

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