#3BA9A2#3BA9A2

#3BA9A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.099 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9A2
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -32.33, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 32.80, 189.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0973 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.099 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5102, 31.9119, 39.1487)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9A2 #A93B42

analogous

#3BA96B #3BA9A2 #3B79A9

triadic

#3BA9A2 #A23BA9 #A9A23B

tetradic

#3BA9A2 #6B3BA9 #A93B42 #79A93B

square

#3BA9A2 #6B3BA9 #A93B42 #79A93B

split-complementary

#3BA9A2 #A93B79 #A96B3B

monochromatic

#1B4E4B #2B7C77 #3BA9A2 #5BC6BF #89D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3BA9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#3BA9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9A2

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9A2	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)

#A0A0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.099 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc3bd',
    500: '#3ba9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9a2;
$custom-light: #7fc3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6714,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9A2

secondary

#C08084

accent

#5059D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9A2

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

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