#3BACAE#3BACAE

#3BACAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.099 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BACAE
RGB	rgb(59, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -30.34, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 32.06, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0951 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.099 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1928, 33.4881, 45.2250)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BACAE #AE3D3B

analogous

#3BAE76 #3BACAE #3B73AE

triadic

#3BACAE #AE3BAC #ACAE3B

tetradic

#3BACAE #763BAE #AE3D3B #73AE3B

square

#3BACAE #763BAE #AE3D3B #73AE3B

split-complementary

#3BACAE #AE3B73 #AE763B

monochromatic

#1C5253 #2C7F80 #3BACAE #5EC7C8 #8CD7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3BACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#3BACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BACAE

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BACAE	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bacae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.099 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5c6',
    500: '#3bacae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bacae;
$custom-light: #81c5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bacae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.043,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68302,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BACAE

secondary

#C28482

accent

#514FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BACAE

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

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