#3A8A9D#3A8A9D

#3A8A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.082 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8A9D
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, -18.33, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 25.25, 223.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0665 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.082 216)
XYZ	xyz(16.9167, 21.5091, 35.1519)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8A9D #9D4D3A

analogous

#3A9D7F #3A8A9D #3A599D

triadic

#3A8A9D #9D3A8A #8A9D3A

tetradic

#3A8A9D #7F3A9D #9D4D3A #599D3A

square

#3A8A9D #7F3A9D #9D4D3A #599D3A

split-complementary

#3A8A9D #9D3A59 #9D7F3A

monochromatic

#193B44 #296370 #3A8A9D #54ABC0 #81C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#3A8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#3A8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8A9D

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8A9D	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	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)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.082 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacba',
    500: '#3a8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8a9d;
$custom-light: #7bacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.515,
    "s": 46.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59191,
    "c": 0.08213,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.21511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8A9D

secondary

#BA8579

accent

#6B52D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8A9D

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

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