#3A8ACD#3A8ACD

#3A8ACD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.128 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8ACD
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -2.18, -41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 41.66, 267.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0497 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.128 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8487, 23.4818, 61.1267)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8ACD #CD7D3A

analogous

#3ACDC7 #3A8ACD #3A41CD

triadic

#3A8ACD #CD3A8A #8ACD3A

tetradic

#3A8ACD #C73ACD #CD7D3A #41CD3A

square

#3A8ACD #C73ACD #CD7D3A #41CD3A

split-complementary

#3A8ACD #CD3A41 #CDC73A

monochromatic

#1C4A70 #296AA1 #3A8ACD #6BA7D9 #9CC4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3A8ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#3A8ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8ACD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8ACD	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.128 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abdc',
    500: '#3a8acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8acd;
$custom-light: #82abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.347,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61511,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8ACD

secondary

#D2AF91

accent

#8D45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8ACD

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

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