#3BAFAE#3BAFAE

#3BAFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.101 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAFAE
RGB	rgb(59, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -31.79, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 33.03, 195.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0983 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.101 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7702, 34.6430, 45.4175)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAFAE #AF3B3C

analogous

#3BAF74 #3BAFAE #3B76AF

triadic

#3BAFAE #AE3BAF #AFAE3B

tetradic

#3BAFAE #743BAF #AF3B3C #76AF3B

square

#3BAFAE #743BAF #AF3B3C #76AF3B

split-complementary

#3BAFAE #AF3B76 #AF743B

monochromatic

#1C5353 #2C8180 #3BAFAE #5EC9C8 #8CD8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#3BAFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#3BAFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAFAE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAFAE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bafae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.101 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7c6',
    500: '#3bafae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bafae;
$custom-light: #81c7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bafae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.483,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69043,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAFAE

secondary

#C38383

accent

#4F50D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAFAE

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

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