#3AB9C4#3AB9C4

#3AB9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9C4
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -30.29, -15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 34.07, 207.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0994 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.108 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0533, 39.5796, 58.3223)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9C4 #C4453A

analogous

#3AC48A #3AB9C4 #3A74C4

triadic

#3AB9C4 #C43AB9 #B9C43A

tetradic

#3AB9C4 #8A3AC4 #C4453A #74C43A

square

#3AB9C4 #8A3AC4 #C4453A #74C43A

split-complementary

#3AB9C4 #C43A74 #C48A3A

monochromatic

#1E6066 #2C8C95 #3AB9C4 #69CAD3 #98DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3AB9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#3AB9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9C4

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9C4	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced5',
    500: '#3ab9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9c4;
$custom-light: #84ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9C4

secondary

#CC938E

accent

#564ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9C4

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

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