#3AB5CF#3AB5CF

#3AB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB5CF
RGB	rgb(58, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -24.95, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 33.84, 222.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0909 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.111 215)
XYZ	xyz(29.5265, 38.4488, 64.8846)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB5CF #CF543A

analogous

#3ACF9F #3AB5CF #3A6BCF

triadic

#3AB5CF #CF3AB5 #B5CF3A

tetradic

#3AB5CF #9F3ACF #CF543A #6BCF3A

square

#3AB5CF #9F3ACF #CF543A #6BCF3A

split-complementary

#3AB5CF #CF3A6B #CF9F3A

monochromatic

#1C6473 #288EA4 #3AB5CF #6BC7DB #9CDAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3AB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#3AB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB5CF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB5CF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbdd',
    500: '#3ab5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab5cf;
$custom-light: #85cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.47,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.38452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB5CF

secondary

#D39D92

accent

#6044E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB5CF

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

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