#3BAABC#3BAABC

#3BAABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.101 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAABC
RGB	rgb(59, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -25.16, -18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 31.15, 216.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0871 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.101 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2516, 33.3072, 52.6653)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAABC #BC4D3B

analogous

#3BBC8D #3BAABC #3B69BC

triadic

#3BAABC #BC3BAA #AABC3B

tetradic

#3BAABC #8D3BBC #BC4D3B #69BC3B

square

#3BAABC #8D3BBC #BC4D3B #69BC3B

split-complementary

#3BAABC #BC3B69 #BC8D3B

monochromatic

#1E565F #2C808D #3BAABC #65C0CF #94D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3BAABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#3BAABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAABC

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAABC	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.101 210.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.372,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68337,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAABC

secondary

#C9938A

accent

#604CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAABC

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

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