#3AB4C9#3AB4C9

#3AB4C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB4C9
RGB	rgb(58, 180, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -26.31, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 33.26, 217.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0923 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.108 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6043, 37.7558, 61.0271)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB4C9 #C94F3A

analogous

#3AC996 #3AB4C9 #3A6CC9

triadic

#3AB4C9 #C93AB4 #B4C93A

tetradic

#3AB4C9 #963AC9 #C94F3A #6CC93A

square

#3AB4C9 #963AC9 #C94F3A #6CC93A

split-complementary

#3AB4C9 #C93A6C #C9963A

monochromatic

#1D606B #2B8B9B #3AB4C9 #6AC6D6 #9AD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3AB4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#3AB4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB4C9

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB4C9	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 180, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad9',
    500: '#3ab4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab4c9;
$custom-light: #84cad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71246,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB4C9

secondary

#CF9990

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB4C9

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

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