#3498A2#3498A2

#3498A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.091 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498A2
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 162)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 6.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -25.09, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 28.57, 208.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0828 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.091 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1632, 25.7930, 38.1440)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498A2 #A23E34

analogous

#34A275 #3498A2 #3461A2

triadic

#3498A2 #A23498 #98A234

tetradic

#3498A2 #7534A2 #A23E34 #61A234

square

#3498A2 #7534A2 #A23E34 #61A234

split-complementary

#3498A2 #A23461 #A27534

monochromatic

#164145 #256D74 #3498A2 #4DBBC6 #7CCDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3498A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#3498A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498A2

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498A2	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C86A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.091 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab6bd',
    500: '#3498a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498a2;
$custom-light: #7ab6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62693,
    "c": 0.0911,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498A2

secondary

#BE7B74

accent

#5A4DDB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498A2

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

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