#3A8BC4#3A8BC4

#3A8BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.117 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BC4
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -5.91, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 37.19, 260.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0533 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.117 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9375, 23.3480, 55.6170)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BC4 #C4733A

analogous

#3AC4B8 #3A8BC4 #3A46C4

triadic

#3A8BC4 #C43A8B #8BC43A

tetradic

#3A8BC4 #B83AC4 #C4733A #46C43A

square

#3A8BC4 #B83AC4 #C4733A #46C43A

split-complementary

#3A8BC4 #C43A46 #C4B83A

monochromatic

#1E4866 #2C6A95 #3A8BC4 #69A7D3 #98C3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3A8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3A8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BC4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BC4	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.117 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd6',
    500: '#3a8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bc4;
$custom-light: #80acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61262,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BC4

secondary

#CCA78E

accent

#874ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BC4

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

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