#3498AB#3498AB

#3498AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.094 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498AB
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 171)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -22.28, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 28.84, 219.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.079 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.094 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9920, 26.1245, 42.5091)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498AB #AB4734

analogous

#34AB82 #3498AB #345CAB

triadic

#3498AB #AB3498 #98AB34

tetradic

#3498AB #8234AB #AB4734 #5CAB34

square

#3498AB #8234AB #AB4734 #5CAB34

split-complementary

#3498AB #AB345C #AB8234

monochromatic

#17454D #266E7C #3498AB #52B7CA #81CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3498AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3498AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498AB

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498AB	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7986AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.094 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6c4',
    500: '#3498ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498ab;
$custom-light: #7bb6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.58,
    "s": 53.363,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63052,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498AB

secondary

#C28579

accent

#624BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498AB

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

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