#3A8BBC#3A8BBC

#3A8BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.108 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BBC
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -8.67, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 33.87, 255.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0559 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.108 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0511, 22.9934, 50.9486)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BBC #BC6B3A

analogous

#3ABCAC #3A8BBC #3A4ABC

triadic

#3A8BBC #BC3A8B #8BBC3A

tetradic

#3A8BBC #AC3ABC #BC6B3A #4ABC3A

square

#3A8BBC #AC3ABC #BC6B3A #4ABC3A

split-complementary

#3A8BBC #BC3A4A #BCAC3A

monochromatic

#1D465E #2C688D #3A8BBC #64A7CF #93C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3A8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3A8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BBC

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BBC	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.108 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facd0',
    500: '#3a8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bbc;
$custom-light: #7facd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.615,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60855,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BBC

secondary

#C9A189

accent

#824CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BBC

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

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