#3AB8CB#3AB8CB

#3AB8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB8CB
RGB	rgb(58, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -27.68, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 33.88, 215.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0955 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.11 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6603, 39.4888, 62.5472)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB8CB #CB4D3A

analogous

#3ACB95 #3AB8CB #3A6FCB

triadic

#3AB8CB #CB3AB8 #B8CB3A

tetradic

#3AB8CB #953ACB #CB4D3A #6FCB3A

square

#3AB8CB #953ACB #CB4D3A #6FCB3A

split-complementary

#3AB8CB #CB3A6F #CB953A

monochromatic

#1D636E #2A8F9E #3AB8CB #6AC9D8 #9BDBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3AB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#3AB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB8CB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB8CB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdda',
    500: '#3ab8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab8cb;
$custom-light: #84cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.862,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72288,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB8CB

secondary

#D09990

accent

#5B46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB8CB

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

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