#3A8CA2#3A8CA2

#3A8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.085 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CA2
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -17.82, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 26.07, 226.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0666 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.085 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6419, 22.2625, 37.5428)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CA2 #A2503A

analogous

#3AA284 #3A8CA2 #3A58A2

triadic

#3A8CA2 #A23A8C #8CA23A

tetradic

#3A8CA2 #843AA2 #A2503A #58A23A

square

#3A8CA2 #843AA2 #A2503A #58A23A

split-complementary

#3A8CA2 #A23A58 #A2843A

monochromatic

#1A3E48 #2A6575 #3A8CA2 #57ACC3 #84C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#3A8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#3A8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CA2

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CA2	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.085 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadbd',
    500: '#3a8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ca2;
$custom-light: #7cadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59896,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CA2

secondary

#BD897B

accent

#6D51D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CA2

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

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