#3A8AE2#3A8AE2

#3A8AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.154 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8AE2
RGB	rgb(58, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 5.31, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 51.95, 275.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0442 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.154 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5557, 24.5647, 75.3840)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8AE2 #E2923A

analogous

#3ADEE2 #3A8AE2 #3E3AE2

triadic

#3A8AE2 #E23A8A #8AE23A

tetradic

#3A8AE2 #E23ADE #E2923A #3AE23E

square

#3A8AE2 #E23ADE #E2923A #3AE23E

split-complementary

#3A8AE2 #E23E3A #DEE23A

monochromatic

#154E8D #1D6BC2 #3A8AE2 #6FAAEA #A5C9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3A8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#3A8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8AE2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8AE2	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6090E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.154 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abeb',
    500: '#3a8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ae2;
$custom-light: #86abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 74.336,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62713,
    "c": 0.15394,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8AE2

secondary

#DFBE99

accent

#9837F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8AE2

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

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