#3BAB96#3BAB96

#3BAB96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.105 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAB96
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 12.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -36.52, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 36.55, 177.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.105 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.105 178)
XYZ	xyz(21.8689, 32.2552, 33.9216)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAB96 #AB3B50

analogous

#3BAB5E #3BAB96 #3B88AB

triadic

#3BAB96 #963BAB #AB963B

tetradic

#3BAB96 #5E3BAB #AB3B50 #88AB3B

square

#3BAB96 #5E3BAB #AB3B50 #88AB3B

split-complementary

#3BAB96 #AB3B88 #AB5E3B

monochromatic

#1C5046 #2B7D6E #3BAB96 #5CC7B3 #8AD7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3BAB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#3BAB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAB96

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAB96	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bab96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.105 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4b4',
    500: '#3bab96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bab96;
$custom-light: #7fc4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bab96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67259,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.32258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAB96

secondary

#C1818D

accent

#5069D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAB96

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

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