#3A8BC3#3A8BC3

#3A8BC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.116 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BC3
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -6.26, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 36.76, 260.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0536 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.116 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8241, 23.3026, 55.0196)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BC3 #C3723A

analogous

#3AC3B7 #3A8BC3 #3A46C3

triadic

#3A8BC3 #C33A8B #8BC33A

tetradic

#3A8BC3 #B73AC3 #C3723A #46C33A

square

#3A8BC3 #B73AC3 #C3723A #46C33A

split-complementary

#3A8BC3 #C33A46 #C3B73A

monochromatic

#1E4865 #2C6994 #3A8BC3 #68A7D2 #97C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3A8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3A8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BC3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BC3	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.116 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd5',
    500: '#3a8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bc3;
$custom-light: #80acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.526,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6121,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BC3

secondary

#CCA78D

accent

#864ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BC3

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

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