#3AB5CC#3AB5CC

#3AB5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB5CC
RGB	rgb(58, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -25.88, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 33.57, 219.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0921 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.11 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1632, 38.3035, 62.9714)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB5CC #CC513A

analogous

#3ACC9A #3AB5CC #3A6CCC

triadic

#3AB5CC #CC3AB5 #B5CC3A

tetradic

#3AB5CC #9A3ACC #CC513A #6CCC3A

square

#3AB5CC #9A3ACC #CC513A #6CCC3A

split-complementary

#3AB5CC #CC3A6C #CC9A3A

monochromatic

#1D626F #298DA0 #3AB5CC #6BC7D9 #9BDAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3AB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#3AB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB5CC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB5CC	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbdb',
    500: '#3ab5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab5cc;
$custom-light: #84cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.452,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB5CC

secondary

#D19B91

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB5CC

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

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