#3AB9CD#3AB9CD

#3AB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9CD
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -27.57, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 34.10, 216.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0957 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.111 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1086, 40.0017, 63.8800)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9CD #CD4E3A

analogous

#3ACD98 #3AB9CD #3A70CD

triadic

#3AB9CD #CD3AB9 #B9CD3A

tetradic

#3AB9CD #983ACD #CD4E3A #70CD3A

square

#3AB9CD #983ACD #CD4E3A #70CD3A

split-complementary

#3AB9CD #CD3A70 #CD983A

monochromatic

#1C6570 #2991A1 #3AB9CD #6BCAD9 #9CDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3AB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#3AB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9CD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9CD	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cedc',
    500: '#3ab9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9cd;
$custom-light: #85cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.163,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9CD

secondary

#D29A91

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9CD

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

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