#3AB8C8#3AB8C8

#3AB8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB8C8
RGB	rgb(58, 184, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -28.60, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 33.81, 212.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0967 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.109 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3062, 39.3472, 60.6826)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB8C8 #C84A3A

analogous

#3AC891 #3AB8C8 #3A71C8

triadic

#3AB8C8 #C83AB8 #B8C83A

tetradic

#3AB8C8 #913AC8 #C84A3A #71C83A

square

#3AB8C8 #913AC8 #C84A3A #71C83A

split-complementary

#3AB8C8 #C83A71 #C8913A

monochromatic

#1E616A #2B8D9A #3AB8C8 #6AC9D5 #9ADAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3AB8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#3AB8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB8C8

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB8C8	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)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd8',
    500: '#3ab8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab8c8;
$custom-light: #84cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72172,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB8C8

secondary

#CE968F

accent

#5948E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB8C8

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

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