#3A8BAC#3A8BAC

#3A8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.092 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BAC
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -14.04, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 28.37, 240.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0616 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.092 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4210, 22.3414, 42.3632)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BAC #AC5B3A

analogous

#3AAC94 #3A8BAC #3A52AC

triadic

#3A8BAC #AC3A8B #8BAC3A

tetradic

#3A8BAC #943AAC #AC5B3A #52AC3A

square

#3A8BAC #943AAC #AC5B3A #52AC3A

split-complementary

#3A8BAC #AC3A52 #AC943A

monochromatic

#1B4150 #2B667E #3A8BAC #5BA8C8 #89C1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#3A8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#3A8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BAC

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BAC	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.092 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc4',
    500: '#3a8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bac;
$custom-light: #7dadc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60091,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BAC

secondary

#C29380

accent

#774FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BAC

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

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