#3AB4D9#3AB4D9

#3AB4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB4D9
RGB	rgb(58, 180, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -21.26, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 35.36, 233.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0861 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.117 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5854, 38.5482, 71.4608)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB4D9 #D95F3A

analogous

#3AD9AF #3AB4D9 #3A65D9

triadic

#3AB4D9 #D93AB4 #B4D93A

tetradic

#3AB4D9 #AF3AD9 #D95F3A #65D93A

square

#3AB4D9 #AF3AD9 #D95F3A #65D93A

split-complementary

#3AB4D9 #D93A65 #D9AF3A

monochromatic

#196880 #2392B3 #3AB4D9 #6DC8E3 #A1DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3AB4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#3AB4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB4D9

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB4D9	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 180, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cae4',
    500: '#3ab4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab4d9;
$custom-light: #86cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.962,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB4D9

secondary

#D9A595

accent

#663DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB4D9

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

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