#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
RGBrgb(52, 152, 171)
HSLhsl(190, 53%, 44%)
HSVhsv(190, 70%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LABlab(58.16, -22.28, -18.32)
CIE-LCHlch(58.16, 28.84, 219.43°)
OKLaboklab(63.05% -0.079 -0.051)
OKLCHoklch(63.05% 0.094 212.8)
XYZxyz(19.9920, 26.1245, 42.5091)
Luminance0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3498AB1.003.376.236.23
#FFFFFF3.371.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2321.001.001.00
##0000006.2321.001.001.00

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

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#3498AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva