#3AB6D9#3AB6D9

#3AB6D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB6D9
RGB	rgb(58, 182, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -22.29, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 35.28, 230.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.088 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.117 221)
XYZ	xyz(30.9920, 39.3615, 71.5963)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB6D9 #D95D3A

analogous

#3AD9AD #3AB6D9 #3A67D9

triadic

#3AB6D9 #D93AB6 #B6D93A

tetradic

#3AB6D9 #AD3AD9 #D95D3A #67D93A

square

#3AB6D9 #AD3AD9 #D95D3A #67D93A

split-complementary

#3AB6D9 #D93A67 #D9AD3A

monochromatic

#196980 #2393B3 #3AB6D9 #6DC9E3 #A1DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3AB6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#3AB6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB6D9

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB6D9	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 182, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cce4',
    500: '#3ab6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab6d9;
$custom-light: #86cce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.208,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.39365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB6D9

secondary

#D9A495

accent

#633DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB6D9

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

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