#3AB5D9#3AB5D9

#3AB5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB5D9
RGB	rgb(58, 181, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -21.77, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 35.31, 231.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0871 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.117 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7880, 38.9534, 71.5283)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB5D9 #D95E3A

analogous

#3AD9AE #3AB5D9 #3A66D9

triadic

#3AB5D9 #D93AB5 #B5D93A

tetradic

#3AB5D9 #AE3AD9 #D95E3A #66D93A

square

#3AB5D9 #AE3AD9 #D95E3A #66D93A

split-complementary

#3AB5D9 #D93A66 #D9AE3A

monochromatic

#196980 #2392B3 #3AB5D9 #6DC8E3 #A1DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3AB5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3AB5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB5D9

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB5D9	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 181, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbe4',
    500: '#3ab5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab5d9;
$custom-light: #86cbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72143,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB5D9

secondary

#D9A595

accent

#643DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB5D9

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

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