#3AB9CE#3AB9CE

#3AB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9CE
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -27.26, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 34.14, 217.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0953 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.111 211)
XYZ	xyz(30.2297, 40.0501, 64.5178)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9CE #CE4F3A

analogous

#3ACE99 #3AB9CE #3A6FCE

triadic

#3AB9CE #CE3AB9 #B9CE3A

tetradic

#3AB9CE #993ACE #CE4F3A #6FCE3A

square

#3AB9CE #993ACE #CE4F3A #6FCE3A

split-complementary

#3AB9CE #CE3A6F #CE993A

monochromatic

#1C6571 #2891A2 #3AB9CE #6BCADA #9CDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3AB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#3AB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9CE

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9CE	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cedd',
    500: '#3ab9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9ce;
$custom-light: #85cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.514,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.40054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9CE

secondary

#D29B91

accent

#5B44E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9CE

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

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