#3AB4E3#3AB4E3

#3AB4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB4E3
RGB	rgb(58, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -18.00, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 37.70, 241.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0824 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.124 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9257, 39.0843, 78.5196)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB4E3 #E3693A

analogous

#3AE3BD #3AB4E3 #3A5FE3

triadic

#3AB4E3 #E33AB4 #B4E33A

tetradic

#3AB4E3 #BD3AE3 #E3693A #5FE33A

square

#3AB4E3 #BD3AE3 #E3693A #5FE33A

split-complementary

#3AB4E3 #E33A5F #E3BD3A

monochromatic

#146C8E #1C95C4 #3AB4E3 #70C8EB #A5DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3AB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#3AB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB4E3

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB4E3	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87caec',
    500: '#3ab4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab4e3;
$custom-light: #87caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.686,
    "s": 75.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72348,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB4E3

secondary

#DFAD99

accent

#6A36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB4E3

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

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