#3AB8BC#3AB8BC

#3AB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB8BC
RGB	rgb(58, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -32.18, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 34.35, 200.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.1018 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.107 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9585, 38.8081, 53.5844)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB8BC #BC3E3A

analogous

#3ABC7F #3AB8BC #3A77BC

triadic

#3AB8BC #BC3AB8 #B8BC3A

tetradic

#3AB8BC #7F3ABC #BC3E3A #77BC3A

square

#3AB8BC #7F3ABC #BC3E3A #77BC3A

split-complementary

#3AB8BC #BC3A77 #BC7F3A

monochromatic

#1D5C5E #2C8A8D #3AB8BC #64CCCF #93DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3AB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#3AB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB8BC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB8BC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced0',
    500: '#3ab8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab8bc;
$custom-light: #83ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB8BC

secondary

#C98B89

accent

#504CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB8BC

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

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