#3BA9BA#3BA9BA

#3BA9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.100 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9BA
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -25.27, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 30.91, 215.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0869 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.1 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8508, 32.8481, 51.4755)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9BA #BA4C3B

analogous

#3BBA8B #3BA9BA #3B6ABA

triadic

#3BA9BA #BA3BA9 #A9BA3B

tetradic

#3BA9BA #8B3BBA #BA4C3B #6ABA3B

square

#3BA9BA #8B3BBA #BA4C3B #6ABA3B

split-complementary

#3BA9BA #BA3B6A #BA8B3B

monochromatic

#1E555D #2C7F8C #3BA9BA #64C0CE #93D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#3BA9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#3BA9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9BA

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9BA	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.100 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3ce',
    500: '#3ba9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9ba;
$custom-light: #81c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.031,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68015,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9BA

secondary

#C89189

accent

#604DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9BA

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

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