#3A8BDD#3A8BDD

#3A8BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.147 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8BDD
RGB	rgb(58, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(210, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 2.92, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 48.94, 273.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0463 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.147 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0238, 24.5825, 71.8714)
Luminance	0.2459 (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

#3A8BDD #DD8C3A

analogous

#3ADDDD #3A8BDD #3B3ADD

triadic

#3A8BDD #DD3A8B #8BDD3A

tetradic

#3A8BDD #DD3ADD #DD8C3A #3ADD3B

square

#3A8BDD #DD3ADD #DD8C3A #3ADD3B

split-complementary

#3A8BDD #DD3B3A #DDDD3A

monochromatic

#174E86 #206CBA #3A8BDD #6EAAE6 #A2C8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3A8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#3A8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8BDD

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8BDD	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.147 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ace8',
    500: '#3a8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8bdd;
$custom-light: #85ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.184,
    "s": 70.563,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6264,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8BDD

secondary

#DCBA97

accent

#943AED

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8BDD

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

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