#3A8BB1#3A8BB1

#3A8BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.097 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BB1
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -12.38, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 29.89, 245.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0598 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.097 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9102, 22.5371, 44.9399)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BB1 #B1603A

analogous

#3AB19B #3A8BB1 #3A4FB1

triadic

#3A8BB1 #B13A8B #8BB13A

tetradic

#3A8BB1 #9B3AB1 #B1603A #4FB13A

square

#3A8BB1 #9B3AB1 #B1603A #4FB13A

split-complementary

#3A8BB1 #B13A4F #B19B3A

monochromatic

#1C4355 #2B6783 #3A8BB1 #5EA8CA #8CC1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3A8BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3A8BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BB1

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BB1	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.097 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc8',
    500: '#3a8bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bb1;
$custom-light: #7eacc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.16,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60322,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BB1

secondary

#C49883

accent

#7B4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BB1

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

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