#3AB9C5#3AB9C5

#3AB9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9C5
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -30.00, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 34.03, 208.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.099 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.109 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1675, 39.6253, 58.9237)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9C5 #C5463A

analogous

#3AC58C #3AB9C5 #3A73C5

triadic

#3AB9C5 #C53AB9 #B9C53A

tetradic

#3AB9C5 #8C3AC5 #C5463A #73C53A

square

#3AB9C5 #8C3AC5 #C5463A #73C53A

split-complementary

#3AB9C5 #C53A73 #C58C3A

monochromatic

#1E6066 #2C8D96 #3AB9C5 #69CAD3 #99DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3AB9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#3AB9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9C5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9C5	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced6',
    500: '#3ab9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9c5;
$custom-light: #84ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.18,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.723,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9C5

secondary

#CD948E

accent

#574ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9C5

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

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