#3A8ADD#3A8ADD

#3A8ADD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.148 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8ADD
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 3.51, -49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 49.43, 274.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0454 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.148 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8797, 24.2942, 71.8233)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8ADD #DD8D3A

analogous

#3ADCDD #3A8ADD #3B3ADD

triadic

#3A8ADD #DD3A8A #8ADD3A

tetradic

#3A8ADD #DD3ADC #DD8D3A #3ADD3B

square

#3A8ADD #DD3ADC #DD8D3A #3ADD3B

split-complementary

#3A8ADD #DD3B3A #DCDD3A

monochromatic

#174D86 #206BBA #3A8ADD #6EA9E6 #A2C8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3A8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#3A8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8ADD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8ADD	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#638FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.148 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abe8',
    500: '#3a8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8add;
$custom-light: #85abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.552,
    "s": 70.563,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62417,
    "c": 0.14766,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8ADD

secondary

#DCBA97

accent

#963AED

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8ADD

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

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