#3BACA5#3BACA5

#3BACA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.100 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BACA5
RGB	rgb(59, 172, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -32.91, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 33.41, 189.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0991 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.1 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3446, 33.1489, 40.7581)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BACA5 #AC3B42

analogous

#3BAC6C #3BACA5 #3B7BAC

triadic

#3BACA5 #A53BAC #ACA53B

tetradic

#3BACA5 #6C3BAC #AC3B42 #7BAC3B

square

#3BACA5 #6C3BAC #AC3B42 #7BAC3B

split-complementary

#3BACA5 #AC3B7B #AC6C3B

monochromatic

#1C514E #2B7E79 #3BACA5 #5DC7C1 #8AD7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#3BACA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#3BACA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BACA5

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BACA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BACA5	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 172, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.100 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5bf',
    500: '#3baca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baca5;
$custom-light: #80c5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.283,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6799,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BACA5

secondary

#C18185

accent

#4F58D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BACA5

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

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