#3A8BC9#3A8BC9

#3A8BC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.122 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BC9
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -4.17, -39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 39.40, 263.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0518 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.122 245)
XYZ	xyz(21.5161, 23.5794, 58.6643)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BC9 #C9783A

analogous

#3AC9BF #3A8BC9 #3A43C9

triadic

#3A8BC9 #C93A8B #8BC93A

tetradic

#3A8BC9 #BF3AC9 #C9783A #43C93A

square

#3A8BC9 #BF3AC9 #C9783A #43C93A

split-complementary

#3A8BC9 #C93A43 #C9BF3A

monochromatic

#1D496B #2B6A9B #3A8BC9 #6AA7D6 #9AC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3A8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3A8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BC9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BC9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.122 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd9',
    500: '#3a8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bc9;
$custom-light: #81acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.014,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61525,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.23582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BC9

secondary

#CFAB90

accent

#8A48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BC9

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

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