#3AB5DA#3AB5DA

#3AB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB5DA
RGB	rgb(58, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -21.45, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 35.50, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0867 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.117 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9184, 39.0056, 72.2154)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB5DA #DA5F3A

analogous

#3ADAAF #3AB5DA #3A65DA

triadic

#3AB5DA #DA3AB5 #B5DA3A

tetradic

#3AB5DA #AF3ADA #DA5F3A #65DA3A

square

#3AB5DA #AF3ADA #DA5F3A #65DA3A

split-complementary

#3AB5DA #DA3A65 #DAAF3A

monochromatic

#186981 #2293B5 #3AB5DA #6EC8E4 #A1DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3AB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#3AB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB5DA

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB5DA	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbe5',
    500: '#3ab5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab5da;
$custom-light: #86cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.875,
    "s": 68.376,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB5DA

secondary

#DAA696

accent

#653DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB5DA

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

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