#3BA9A4#3BA9A4

#3BA9A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.098 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9A4
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 164)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -31.77, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 32.44, 191.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0964 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.098 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6894, 31.9836, 40.0924)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9A4 #A93B40

analogous

#3BA96D #3BA9A4 #3B77A9

triadic

#3BA9A4 #A43BA9 #A9A43B

tetradic

#3BA9A4 #6D3BA9 #A93B40 #77A93B

square

#3BA9A4 #6D3BA9 #A93B40 #77A93B

split-complementary

#3BA9A4 #A93B77 #A96D3B

monochromatic

#1B4E4C #2B7C78 #3BA9A4 #5BC6C1 #89D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3BA9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#3BA9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9A4

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9A4	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.098 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc3be',
    500: '#3ba9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9a4;
$custom-light: #7fc3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67207,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9A4

secondary

#C08083

accent

#5056D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9A4

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

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