#3AB5C5#3AB5C5

#3AB5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB5C5
RGB	rgb(58, 181, 197)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -28.04, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 33.26, 212.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.095 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.107 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3425, 37.9752, 58.6487)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB5C5 #C54A3A

analogous

#3AC58F #3AB5C5 #3A70C5

triadic

#3AB5C5 #C53AB5 #B5C53A

tetradic

#3AB5C5 #8F3AC5 #C54A3A #70C53A

square

#3AB5C5 #8F3AC5 #C54A3A #70C53A

split-complementary

#3AB5C5 #C53A70 #C58F3A

monochromatic

#1E5E66 #2C8A96 #3AB5C5 #69C7D3 #99D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3AB5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#3AB5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB5C5

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB5C5	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 181, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd6',
    500: '#3ab5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab5c5;
$custom-light: #84cbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.906,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB5C5

secondary

#CD958E

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB5C5

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

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