#3AB5E2#3AB5E2

#3AB5E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.123 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB5E2
RGB	rgb(58, 181, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -18.86, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 37.30, 239.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0837 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.123 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9906, 39.4345, 77.8623)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB5E2 #E2673A

analogous

#3AE2BB #3AB5E2 #3A61E2

triadic

#3AB5E2 #E23AB5 #B5E23A

tetradic

#3AB5E2 #BB3AE2 #E2673A #61E23A

square

#3AB5E2 #BB3AE2 #E2673A #61E23A

split-complementary

#3AB5E2 #E23A61 #E2BB3A

monochromatic

#156D8D #1D96C2 #3AB5E2 #6FC9EA #A5DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3AB5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#3AB5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB5E2

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB5E2	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 181, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.123 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbeb',
    500: '#3ab5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab5e2;
$custom-light: #87cbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.071,
    "s": 74.336,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB5E2

secondary

#DFAC99

accent

#6937F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB5E2

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

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