#3A8AC3#3A8AC3

#3A8AC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.116 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8AC3
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 29.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -5.68, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 37.13, 261.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% -0.0526 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.116 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6799, 23.0144, 54.9715)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8AC3 #C3733A

analogous

#3AC3B8 #3A8AC3 #3A45C3

triadic

#3A8AC3 #C33A8A #8AC33A

tetradic

#3A8AC3 #B83AC3 #C3733A #45C33A

square

#3A8AC3 #B83AC3 #C3733A #45C33A

split-complementary

#3A8AC3 #C33A45 #C3B83A

monochromatic

#1E4765 #2C6994 #3A8AC3 #68A6D2 #97C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3A8AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3A8AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8AC3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8AC3	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.116 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd5',
    500: '#3a8ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ac3;
$custom-light: #80acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.964,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60977,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8AC3

secondary

#CCA78D

accent

#884ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8AC3

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

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