#3BA9AE#3BA9AE

#3BA9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.098 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9AE
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -28.88, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 31.16, 202.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.092 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.098 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6282, 32.3591, 45.0369)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9AE #AE403B

analogous

#3BAE79 #3BA9AE #3B6FAE

triadic

#3BA9AE #AE3BA9 #A9AE3B

tetradic

#3BA9AE #793BAE #AE403B #6FAE3B

square

#3BA9AE #793BAE #AE403B #6FAE3B

split-complementary

#3BA9AE #AE3B6F #AE793B

monochromatic

#1C5053 #2C7D80 #3BA9AE #5EC4C8 #8CD5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3BA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#3BA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9AE

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9AE	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.098 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3c6',
    500: '#3ba9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9ae;
$custom-light: #80c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67561,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9AE

secondary

#C28582

accent

#554FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9AE

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

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