#3A8BC8#3A8BC8

#3A8BC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.121 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BC8
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, -4.52, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 38.96, 263.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0521 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.121 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3989, 23.5325, 58.0468)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BC8 #C8773A

analogous

#3AC8BE #3A8BC8 #3A44C8

triadic

#3A8BC8 #C83A8B #8BC83A

tetradic

#3A8BC8 #BE3AC8 #C8773A #44C83A

square

#3A8BC8 #BE3AC8 #C8773A #44C83A

split-complementary

#3A8BC8 #C83A44 #C8BE3A

monochromatic

#1E496A #2B6A9A #3A8BC8 #6AA7D5 #9AC3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3A8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#3A8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BC8

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BC8	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.121 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd9',
    500: '#3a8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bc8;
$custom-light: #81acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.775,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61472,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BC8

secondary

#CEAA8F

accent

#8948E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BC8

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

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