#3BA9B7#3BA9B7

#3BA9B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.099 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9B7
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 183)
HSL	hsl(187, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -26.19, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 30.84, 211.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0882 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.099 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5352, 32.7219, 49.8135)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9B7 #B7493B

analogous

#3BB787 #3BA9B7 #3B6BB7

triadic

#3BA9B7 #B73BA9 #A9B73B

tetradic

#3BA9B7 #873BB7 #B7493B #6BB73B

square

#3BA9B7 #873BB7 #B7493B #6BB73B

split-complementary

#3BA9B7 #B73B6B #B7873B

monochromatic

#1D545A #2C7E89 #3BA9B7 #63C1CD #91D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#3BA9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#3BA9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9B7

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9B7	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8995B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.099 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3cc',
    500: '#3ba9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9b7;
$custom-light: #81c3cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.774,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67898,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9B7

secondary

#C68E87

accent

#5D4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9B7

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

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