#3AB6E2#3AB6E2

#3AB6E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB6E2
RGB	rgb(58, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -19.38, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 37.18, 238.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0847 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.123 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1947, 39.8426, 77.9304)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB6E2 #E2663A

analogous

#3AE2BA #3AB6E2 #3A62E2

triadic

#3AB6E2 #E23AB6 #B6E23A

tetradic

#3AB6E2 #BA3AE2 #E2663A #62E23A

square

#3AB6E2 #BA3AE2 #E2663A #62E23A

split-complementary

#3AB6E2 #E23A62 #E2BA3A

monochromatic

#156D8D #1D97C2 #3AB6E2 #6FCAEA #A5DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3AB6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#3AB6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB6E2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB6E2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cceb',
    500: '#3ab6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab6e2;
$custom-light: #87cceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 74.336,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB6E2

secondary

#DFAB99

accent

#6837F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB6E2

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

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