#3AB4E0#3AB4E0

#3AB4E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB4E0
RGB	rgb(58, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -18.99, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 36.92, 239.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0835 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.122 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5152, 38.9201, 76.3579)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB4E0 #E0663A

analogous

#3AE0B9 #3AB4E0 #3A61E0

triadic

#3AB4E0 #E03AB4 #B4E03A

tetradic

#3AB4E0 #B93AE0 #E0663A #61E03A

square

#3AB4E0 #B93AE0 #E0663A #61E03A

split-complementary

#3AB4E0 #E03A61 #E0B93A

monochromatic

#166B8A #1E94BF #3AB4E0 #6FC8E8 #A4DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3AB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#3AB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB4E0

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB4E0	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cae9',
    500: '#3ab4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab4e0;
$custom-light: #87cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.904,
    "s": 72.807,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB4E0

secondary

#DEAB98

accent

#6938EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB4E0

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

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