#3BA9BC#3BA9BC

#3BA9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.101 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9BC
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -24.65, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 31.01, 217.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0861 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.101 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0649, 32.9337, 52.6031)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9BC #BC4E3B

analogous

#3BBC8E #3BA9BC #3B68BC

triadic

#3BA9BC #BC3BA9 #A9BC3B

tetradic

#3BA9BC #8E3BBC #BC4E3B #68BC3B

square

#3BA9BC #8E3BBC #BC4E3B #68BC3B

split-complementary

#3BA9BC #BC3B68 #BC8E3B

monochromatic

#1E555F #2C7F8D #3BA9BC #65BFCF #94D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#3BA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#3BA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9BC

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9BC	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.101 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3d0',
    500: '#3ba9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9bc;
$custom-light: #82c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.837,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68094,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9BC

secondary

#C9938A

accent

#614CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9BC

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

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