#3A8BD9#3A8BD9

#3A8BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.142 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BD9
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(209, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 1.49, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 46.96, 271.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0473 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.142 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4972, 24.3719, 69.0981)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8BD9 #D9883A

analogous

#3AD9D8 #3A8BD9 #3A3CD9

triadic

#3A8BD9 #D93A8B #8BD93A

tetradic

#3A8BD9 #D83AD9 #D9883A #3CD93A

square

#3A8BD9 #D83AD9 #D9883A #3CD93A

split-complementary

#3A8BD9 #D93A3C #D9D83A

monochromatic

#194D80 #236CB3 #3A8BD9 #6DA9E3 #A1C7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3A8BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#3A8BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BD9

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BD9	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.142 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ace5',
    500: '#3a8bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bd9;
$custom-light: #84ace5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.434,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62409,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BD9

secondary

#D9B795

accent

#923DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BD9

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

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