#3AB4DA#3AB4DA

#3AB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB4DA
RGB	rgb(58, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -20.94, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 35.56, 233.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0857 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.118 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7158, 38.6004, 72.1479)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB4DA #DA603A

analogous

#3ADAB0 #3AB4DA #3A64DA

triadic

#3AB4DA #DA3AB4 #B4DA3A

tetradic

#3AB4DA #B03ADA #DA603A #64DA3A

square

#3AB4DA #B03ADA #DA603A #64DA3A

split-complementary

#3AB4DA #DA3A64 #DAB03A

monochromatic

#186881 #2292B5 #3AB4DA #6EC8E4 #A1DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3AB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3AB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB4DA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB4DA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cae5',
    500: '#3ab4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab4da;
$custom-light: #86cae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.25,
    "s": 68.376,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7195,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB4DA

secondary

#DAA696

accent

#663DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB4DA

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

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