#3A8BC6#3A8BC6

#3A8BC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.119 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BC6
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -5.22, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 38.07, 262.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0527 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.119 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1667, 23.4397, 56.8239)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BC6 #C6753A

analogous

#3AC6BB #3A8BC6 #3A45C6

triadic

#3A8BC6 #C63A8B #8BC63A

tetradic

#3A8BC6 #BB3AC6 #C6753A #45C63A

square

#3A8BC6 #BB3AC6 #C6753A #45C63A

split-complementary

#3A8BC6 #C63A45 #C6BB3A

monochromatic

#1E4968 #2C6A97 #3A8BC6 #69A7D4 #99C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3A8BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#3A8BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BC6

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BC6	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.119 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd7',
    500: '#3a8bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bc6;
$custom-light: #81acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.286,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61367,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BC6

secondary

#CDA98F

accent

#8849DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BC6

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

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