#3ABDE2

A medium, vivid cyan closely aligning with Skyblue.

About #3ABDE2

Visually, #3ABDE2 is defined as a vivid cyan. Designers often compare it to the standard color Skyblue. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(58, 189, 226).

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 74% cyan and 16% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 193.2° hue, 74.3% saturation, and 55.7% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#3ABDE2
RGB58, 189, 226
HSL193.2°, 74.3%, 55.7%
CMYK74%, 16%, 0%, 11%
HSV193.2°, 74.3%, 88.6%
LAB71.4, -23.0, -28.6
XYZ33.7, 42.8, 78.4
Decimal3849698

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.20:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.56:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.10:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
8.12:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #3ABDE2; }
.text-color { color: #3ABDE2; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #3ABDE2; }

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