#3A8AC9#3A8AC9

#3A8AC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.123 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8AC9
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 31.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, -3.59, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 39.81, 264.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0508 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.123 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3720, 23.2912, 58.6163)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8AC9 #C9793A

analogous

#3AC9C1 #3A8AC9 #3A42C9

triadic

#3A8AC9 #C93A8A #8AC93A

tetradic

#3A8AC9 #C13AC9 #C9793A #42C93A

square

#3A8AC9 #C13AC9 #C9793A #42C93A

split-complementary

#3A8AC9 #C93A42 #C9C13A

monochromatic

#1D496B #2B6A9B #3A8AC9 #6AA7D6 #9AC3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3A8AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3A8AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8AC9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8AC9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.123 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81abd9',
    500: '#3a8ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ac9;
$custom-light: #81abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.434,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61294,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8AC9

secondary

#CFAC90

accent

#8B48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8AC9

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

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