#3A8BAE#3A8BAE

#3A8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.094 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BAE
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -13.38, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 28.95, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% -0.0609 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.094 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6145, 22.4188, 43.3824)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BAE #AE5D3A

analogous

#3AAE97 #3A8BAE #3A51AE

triadic

#3A8BAE #AE3A8B #8BAE3A

tetradic

#3A8BAE #973AAE #AE5D3A #51AE3A

square

#3A8BAE #973AAE #AE5D3A #51AE3A

split-complementary

#3A8BAE #AE3A51 #AE973A

monochromatic

#1B4252 #2B6680 #3A8BAE #5CA8C9 #8AC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#3A8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#3A8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BAE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BAE	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)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.094 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc6',
    500: '#3a8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bae;
$custom-light: #7dadc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.103,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60183,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BAE

secondary

#C29581

accent

#784EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BAE

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

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