#3A8CA6#3A8CA6

#3A8CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.088 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CA6
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, -16.54, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 26.81, 231.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.065 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.088 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0032, 22.4070, 39.4452)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CA6 #A6543A

analogous

#3AA68A #3A8CA6 #3A56A6

triadic

#3A8CA6 #A63A8C #8CA63A

tetradic

#3A8CA6 #8A3AA6 #A6543A #56A63A

square

#3A8CA6 #8A3AA6 #A6543A #56A63A

split-complementary

#3A8CA6 #A63A56 #A68A3A

monochromatic

#1A404B #2A6679 #3A8CA6 #58ABC5 #86C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#3A8CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#3A8CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CA6

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CA6	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.088 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc0',
    500: '#3a8ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ca6;
$custom-light: #7cadc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60068,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CA6

secondary

#BF8D7D

accent

#7150D8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CA6

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

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