#3AB9D9#3AB9D9

#3AB9D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AB9D9
RGB	rgb(58, 185, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -23.82, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 35.25, 227.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0909 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.116 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6130, 40.6035, 71.8033)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AB9D9 #D95A3A

analogous

#3AD9A9 #3AB9D9 #3A6AD9

triadic

#3AB9D9 #D93AB9 #B9D93A

tetradic

#3AB9D9 #A93AD9 #D95A3A #6AD93A

square

#3AB9D9 #A93AD9 #D95A3A #6AD93A

split-complementary

#3AB9D9 #D93A6A #D9A93A

monochromatic

#196B80 #2396B3 #3AB9D9 #6DCBE3 #A1DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3AB9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#3AB9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AB9D9

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AB9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AB9D9	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ab9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 185, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cee4',
    500: '#3ab9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ab9d9;
$custom-light: #86cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ab9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.075,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73091,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AB9D9

secondary

#D9A395

accent

#603DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AB9D9

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

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