#3BAB8A#3BAB8A

#3BAB8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.112 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAB8A
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 138)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 19.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -39.56, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 40.32, 168.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.1107 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.112 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9517, 31.8883, 29.0907)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAB8A #AB3B5C

analogous

#3BAB52 #3BAB8A #3B94AB

triadic

#3BAB8A #8A3BAB #AB8A3B

tetradic

#3BAB8A #523BAB #AB3B5C #94AB3B

square

#3BAB8A #523BAB #AB3B5C #94AB3B

split-complementary

#3BAB8A #AB3B94 #AB523B

monochromatic

#1C5041 #2B7D65 #3BAB8A #5CC7A7 #8AD7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3BAB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#3BAB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAB8A

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAB8A	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bab8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.112 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5ac',
    500: '#3bab8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bab8a;
$custom-light: #7ec5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bab8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.321,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66911,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAB8A

secondary

#C18194

accent

#5078D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAB8A

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

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