#3A8AB2#3A8AB2

#3A8AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.098 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8AB2
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -11.49, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 30.43, 247.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0583 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.098 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8661, 22.2888, 45.4187)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8AB2 #B2623A

analogous

#3AB29E #3A8AB2 #3A4EB2

triadic

#3A8AB2 #B23A8A #8AB23A

tetradic

#3A8AB2 #9E3AB2 #B2623A #4EB23A

square

#3A8AB2 #9E3AB2 #B2623A #4EB23A

split-complementary

#3A8AB2 #B23A4E #B29E3A

monochromatic

#1C4256 #2B6684 #3A8AB2 #5FA7CB #8DC0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#3A8AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#3A8AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8AB2

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8AB2	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.098 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc9',
    500: '#3a8ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ab2;
$custom-light: #7eacc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60129,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8AB2

secondary

#C49983

accent

#7C4DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8AB2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →