#3AB5C8#3AB5C8

#3AB5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB5C8
RGB	rgb(58, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -27.12, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 33.34, 215.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0937 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.108 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6896, 38.1141, 60.4771)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB5C8 #C84D3A

analogous

#3AC894 #3AB5C8 #3A6EC8

triadic

#3AB5C8 #C83AB5 #B5C83A

tetradic

#3AB5C8 #943AC8 #C84D3A #6EC83A

square

#3AB5C8 #943AC8 #C84D3A #6EC83A

split-complementary

#3AB5C8 #C83A6E #C8943A

monochromatic

#1E606A #2B8B9A #3AB5C8 #6AC7D5 #9AD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3AB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#3AB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB5C8

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB5C8	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd8',
    500: '#3ab5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab5c8;
$custom-light: #84cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71447,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB5C8

secondary

#CE988F

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB5C8

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

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