#3BAB97#3BAB97

#3BAB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.105 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAB97
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 11.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -36.26, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 36.27, 178.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.1045 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.105 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9498, 32.2876, 34.3475)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAB97 #AB3B4F

analogous

#3BAB5F #3BAB97 #3B87AB

triadic

#3BAB97 #973BAB #AB973B

tetradic

#3BAB97 #5F3BAB #AB3B4F #87AB3B

square

#3BAB97 #5F3BAB #AB3B4F #87AB3B

split-complementary

#3BAB97 #AB3B87 #AB5F3B

monochromatic

#1C5047 #2B7D6F #3BAB97 #5CC7B4 #8AD7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3BAB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#3BAB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAB97

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAB97	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bab97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.105 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4b5',
    500: '#3bab97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bab97;
$custom-light: #7fc4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bab97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67289,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAB97

secondary

#C1818C

accent

#5068D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAB97

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

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