#3BACA8#3BACA8

#3BACA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.100 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BACA8
RGB	rgb(59, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -32.07, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 32.88, 192.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0978 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.1 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6209, 33.2594, 42.2130)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BACA8 #AC3B3F

analogous

#3BAC6F #3BACA8 #3B77AC

triadic

#3BACA8 #A83BAC #ACA83B

tetradic

#3BACA8 #6F3BAC #AC3B3F #77AC3B

square

#3BACA8 #6F3BAC #AC3B3F #77AC3B

split-complementary

#3BACA8 #AC3B77 #AC6F3B

monochromatic

#1C514F #2B7E7B #3BACA8 #5DC7C4 #8AD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3BACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#3BACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BACA8

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BACA8	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.100 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5c1',
    500: '#3baca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baca8;
$custom-light: #80c5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.876,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68092,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BACA8

secondary

#C18184

accent

#4F54D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BACA8

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

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