#3BA9A8#3BA9A8

#3BA9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.098 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9A8
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 168)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -30.63, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 31.82, 195.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0946 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.098 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0563, 32.1303, 42.0249)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9A8 #A93B3C

analogous

#3BA971 #3BA9A8 #3B73A9

triadic

#3BA9A8 #A83BA9 #A9A83B

tetradic

#3BA9A8 #713BA9 #A93B3C #73A93B

square

#3BA9A8 #713BA9 #A93B3C #73A93B

split-complementary

#3BA9A8 #A93B73 #A9713B

monochromatic

#1B4E4E #2B7C7B #3BA9A8 #5BC6C5 #89D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#3BA9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#3BA9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9A8

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9A8	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.098 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3c1',
    500: '#3ba9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9a8;
$custom-light: #80c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.455,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67346,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9A8

secondary

#C08080

accent

#5051D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9A8

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

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