#3A8BAD#3A8BAD

#3A8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.093 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BAD
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -13.71, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 28.65, 241.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0612 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.093 229)
XYZ	xyz(18.5174, 22.3799, 42.8709)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BAD #AD5C3A

analogous

#3AAD95 #3A8BAD #3A51AD

triadic

#3A8BAD #AD3A8B #8BAD3A

tetradic

#3A8BAD #953AAD #AD5C3A #51AD3A

square

#3A8BAD #953AAD #AD5C3A #51AD3A

split-complementary

#3A8BAD #AD3A51 #AD953A

monochromatic

#1B4151 #2B667F #3A8BAD #5CA8C8 #8AC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#3A8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#3A8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BAD

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BAD	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.093 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc5',
    500: '#3a8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bad;
$custom-light: #7dadc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.739,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60137,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.22382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BAD

secondary

#C29481

accent

#784ED9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BAD

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

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