#3A8A9C#3A8A9C

#3A8A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.082 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8A9C
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -18.64, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 25.13, 222.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0669 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.082 215)
XYZ	xyz(16.8317, 21.4751, 34.7041)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8A9C #9C4C3A

analogous

#3A9C7D #3A8A9C #3A599C

triadic

#3A8A9C #9C3A8A #8A9C3A

tetradic

#3A8A9C #7D3A9C #9C4C3A #599C3A

square

#3A8A9C #7D3A9C #9C4C3A #599C3A

split-complementary

#3A8A9C #9C3A59 #9C7D3A

monochromatic

#193B43 #29636F #3A8A9C #54ACBF #80C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#3A8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#3A8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8A9C

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8A9C	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.082 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacb9',
    500: '#3a8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8a9c;
$custom-light: #7bacb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5915,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.21477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8A9C

secondary

#BA8478

accent

#6A52D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8A9C

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

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