#3A8BCD#3A8BCD

#3A8BCD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.127 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BCD
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -2.77, -41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 41.23, 266.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0506 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.127 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9928, 23.7701, 61.1748)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BCD #CD7C3A

analogous

#3ACDC6 #3A8BCD #3A42CD

triadic

#3A8BCD #CD3A8B #8BCD3A

tetradic

#3A8BCD #C63ACD #CD7C3A #42CD3A

square

#3A8BCD #C63ACD #CD7C3A #42CD3A

split-complementary

#3A8BCD #CD3A42 #CDC63A

monochromatic

#1C4B70 #296BA1 #3A8BCD #6BA8D9 #9CC4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3A8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#3A8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BCD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BCD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.127 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acdc',
    500: '#3a8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bcd;
$custom-light: #82acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.939,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6174,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BCD

secondary

#D2AE91

accent

#8C45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BCD

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

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