#3AB5CD#3AB5CD

#3AB5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB5CD
RGB	rgb(58, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -25.57, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 33.65, 220.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0917 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.11 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2836, 38.3516, 63.6050)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB5CD #CD523A

analogous

#3ACD9C #3AB5CD #3A6CCD

triadic

#3AB5CD #CD3AB5 #B5CD3A

tetradic

#3AB5CD #9C3ACD #CD523A #6CCD3A

square

#3AB5CD #9C3ACD #CD523A #6CCD3A

split-complementary

#3AB5CD #CD3A6C #CD9C3A

monochromatic

#1C6270 #298DA1 #3AB5CD #6BC7D9 #9CDAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3AB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#3AB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB5CD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB5CD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbdc',
    500: '#3ab5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab5cd;
$custom-light: #84cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71646,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB5CD

secondary

#D29C91

accent

#5F45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB5CD

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

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