#3A8BBE#3A8BBE

#3A8BBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.110 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BBE
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, -7.98, -33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 34.67, 256.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0553 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.11 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2682, 23.0803, 52.0920)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BBE #BE6D3A

analogous

#3ABEAF #3A8BBE #3A49BE

triadic

#3A8BBE #BE3A8B #8BBE3A

tetradic

#3A8BBE #AF3ABE #BE6D3A #49BE3A

square

#3A8BBE #AF3ABE #BE6D3A #49BE3A

split-complementary

#3A8BBE #BE3A49 #BEAF3A

monochromatic

#1D4660 #2C698F #3A8BBE #65A7D0 #94C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3A8BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3A8BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BBE

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BBE	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.110 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd2',
    500: '#3a8bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bbe;
$custom-light: #80acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60955,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BBE

secondary

#CAA38A

accent

#834BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BBE

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

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