#3A8AB8#3A8AB8

#3A8AB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.104 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8AB8
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 184)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 25%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -9.46, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 32.61, 253.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0562 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.104 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4818, 22.5351, 48.6611)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8AB8 #B8683A

analogous

#3AB8A7 #3A8AB8 #3A4BB8

triadic

#3A8AB8 #B83A8A #8AB83A

tetradic

#3A8AB8 #A73AB8 #B8683A #4BB83A

square

#3A8AB8 #A73AB8 #B8683A #4BB83A

split-complementary

#3A8AB8 #B83A4B #B8A73A

monochromatic

#1D445B #2B6789 #3A8AB8 #62A6CD #90C0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3A8AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3A8AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8AB8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8AB8	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.104 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faccd',
    500: '#3a8ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ab8;
$custom-light: #7faccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.905,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60419,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8AB8

secondary

#C79E87

accent

#814CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8AB8

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

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