#3AB4E2#3AB4E2

#3AB4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB4E2
RGB	rgb(58, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -18.33, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 37.43, 240.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0828 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.123 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7880, 39.0293, 77.7948)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB4E2 #E2683A

analogous

#3AE2BC #3AB4E2 #3A60E2

triadic

#3AB4E2 #E23AB4 #B4E23A

tetradic

#3AB4E2 #BC3AE2 #E2683A #60E23A

square

#3AB4E2 #BC3AE2 #E2683A #60E23A

split-complementary

#3AB4E2 #E23A60 #E2BC3A

monochromatic

#156C8D #1D95C2 #3AB4E2 #6FC8EA #A5DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3AB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#3AB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB4E2

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB4E2	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87caeb',
    500: '#3ab4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab4e2;
$custom-light: #87caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.429,
    "s": 74.336,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB4E2

secondary

#DFAC99

accent

#6A37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB4E2

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

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