#3A8AC8#3A8AC8

#3A8AC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.122 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8AC8
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 31%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, -3.94, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 39.35, 264.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0511 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.122 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2547, 23.2443, 57.9988)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8AC8 #C8783A

analogous

#3AC8BF #3A8AC8 #3A43C8

triadic

#3A8AC8 #C83A8A #8AC83A

tetradic

#3A8AC8 #BF3AC8 #C8783A #43C83A

square

#3A8AC8 #BF3AC8 #C8783A #43C83A

split-complementary

#3A8AC8 #C83A43 #C8BF3A

monochromatic

#1E496A #2B699A #3A8AC8 #6AA6D5 #9AC3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3A8AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3A8AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8AC8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8AC8	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.122 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81abd9',
    500: '#3a8ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ac8;
$custom-light: #81abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.197,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6124,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8AC8

secondary

#CEAB8F

accent

#8A48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8AC8

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

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