#3BA9BE#3BA9BE

#3BA9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9BE
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -24.03, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 31.16, 219.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0853 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.102 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2819, 33.0206, 53.7464)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9BE #BE503B

analogous

#3BBE92 #3BA9BE #3B68BE

triadic

#3BA9BE #BE3BA9 #A9BE3B

tetradic

#3BA9BE #923BBE #BE503B #68BE3B

square

#3BA9BE #923BBE #BE503B #68BE3B

split-complementary

#3BA9BE #BE3B68 #BE923B

monochromatic

#1E5661 #2C7F8F #3BA9BE #67BFD0 #95D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#3BA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#3BA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9BE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9BE	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8696BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3d1',
    500: '#3ba9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9be;
$custom-light: #82c3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.618,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68174,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9BE

secondary

#CA958B

accent

#634CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9BE

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

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