#3AB8D9#3AB8D9

#3AB8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB8D9
RGB	rgb(58, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -23.31, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 35.25, 228.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0899 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.116 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4046, 40.1866, 71.7338)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB8D9 #D95B3A

analogous

#3AD9AB #3AB8D9 #3A69D9

triadic

#3AB8D9 #D93AB8 #B8D93A

tetradic

#3AB8D9 #AB3AD9 #D95B3A #69D93A

square

#3AB8D9 #AB3AD9 #D95B3A #69D93A

split-complementary

#3AB8D9 #D93A69 #D9AB3A

monochromatic

#196A80 #2395B3 #3AB8D9 #6DCAE3 #A1DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3AB8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#3AB8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB8D9

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB8D9	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cde4',
    500: '#3ab8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab8d9;
$custom-light: #86cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.453,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72854,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB8D9

secondary

#D9A495

accent

#613DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB8D9

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

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