#3A8ABC#3A8ABC

#3A8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.108 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8ABC
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -8.10, -33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 34.18, 256.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0549 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.109 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9070, 22.7052, 50.9006)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8ABC #BC6C3A

analogous

#3ABCAD #3A8ABC #3A49BC

triadic

#3A8ABC #BC3A8A #8ABC3A

tetradic

#3A8ABC #AD3ABC #BC6C3A #49BC3A

square

#3A8ABC #AD3ABC #BC6C3A #49BC3A

split-complementary

#3A8ABC #BC3A49 #BCAD3A

monochromatic

#1D455E #2C688D #3A8ABC #64A6CF #93C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#3A8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#3A8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8ABC

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8ABC	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.108 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facd0',
    500: '#3a8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8abc;
$custom-light: #7facd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60618,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8ABC

secondary

#C9A289

accent

#834CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8ABC

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

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