#3A8BBD#3A8BBD

#3A8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.109 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BBD
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -8.33, -33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 34.27, 255.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0556 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.109 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1593, 23.0367, 51.5183)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BBD #BD6C3A

analogous

#3ABDAD #3A8BBD #3A49BD

triadic

#3A8BBD #BD3A8B #8BBD3A

tetradic

#3A8BBD #AD3ABD #BD6C3A #49BD3A

square

#3A8BBD #AD3ABD #BD6C3A #49BD3A

split-complementary

#3A8BBD #BD3A49 #BDAD3A

monochromatic

#1D465F #2C698E #3A8BBD #65A7D0 #93C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3A8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3A8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BBD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BBD	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.109 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facd1',
    500: '#3a8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bbd;
$custom-light: #7facd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.901,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60905,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BBD

secondary

#C9A28A

accent

#834BDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BBD

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

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