#3AB9CA#3AB9CA

#3AB9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9CA
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -28.48, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 34.01, 213.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0969 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.11 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7499, 39.8582, 61.9912)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9CA #CA4B3A

analogous

#3ACA93 #3AB9CA #3A71CA

triadic

#3AB9CA #CA3AB9 #B9CA3A

tetradic

#3AB9CA #933ACA #CA4B3A #71CA3A

square

#3AB9CA #933ACA #CA4B3A #71CA3A

split-complementary

#3AB9CA #CA3A71 #CA933A

monochromatic

#1D636C #2A8F9D #3AB9CA #6ACAD7 #9ADBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3AB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#3AB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9CA

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9CA	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ceda',
    500: '#3ab9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9ca;
$custom-light: #84ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.083,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9CA

secondary

#D09890

accent

#5947E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9CA

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

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