#3BA8BD#3BA8BD

#3BA8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.101 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8BD
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -23.84, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 30.97, 219.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0847 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.101 213)
XYZ	xyz(24.9877, 32.6064, 53.1110)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8BD #BD503B

analogous

#3BBD91 #3BA8BD #3B67BD

triadic

#3BA8BD #BD3BA8 #A8BD3B

tetradic

#3BA8BD #913BBD #BD503B #67BD3B

square

#3BA8BD #913BBD #BD503B #67BD3B

split-complementary

#3BA8BD #BD3B67 #BD913B

monochromatic

#1E5560 #2C7F8E #3BA8BD #66BECF #95D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3BA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#3BA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8BD

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8BD	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.101 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2d1',
    500: '#3ba8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8bd;
$custom-light: #82c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67892,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.32609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8BD

secondary

#C9958B

accent

#634CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8BD

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

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