#3A8AAE#3A8AAE

#3A8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.095 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8AAE
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -12.82, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 29.12, 243.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0598 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.095 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4704, 22.1305, 43.3344)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8AAE #AE5E3A

analogous

#3AAE98 #3A8AAE #3A50AE

triadic

#3A8AAE #AE3A8A #8AAE3A

tetradic

#3A8AAE #983AAE #AE5E3A #50AE3A

square

#3A8AAE #983AAE #AE5E3A #50AE3A

split-complementary

#3A8AAE #AE3A50 #AE983A

monochromatic

#1B4152 #2B6680 #3A8AAE #5CA7C9 #8AC0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#3A8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#3A8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8AAE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8AAE	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.095 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacc6',
    500: '#3a8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8aae;
$custom-light: #7dacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59941,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8AAE

secondary

#C29681

accent

#794EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8AAE

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

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