#3A9DAB#3A9DAB

#3A9DAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.092 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DAB
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -23.93, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 28.64, 213.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0812 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.092 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1495, 27.9514, 42.8007)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DAB #AB483A

analogous

#3AAB81 #3A9DAB #3A64AB

triadic

#3A9DAB #AB3A9D #9DAB3A

tetradic

#3A9DAB #813AAB #AB483A #64AB3A

square

#3A9DAB #813AAB #AB483A #64AB3A

split-complementary

#3A9DAB #AB3A64 #AB813A

monochromatic

#1B4950 #2A737D #3A9DAB #5BBAC7 #89CDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#3A9DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#3A9DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DAB

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DAB	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.092 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebac4',
    500: '#3a9dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dab;
$custom-light: #7ebac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.434,
    "s": 49.345,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64457,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DAB

secondary

#C18880

accent

#604FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DAB

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

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