#3A8CA9#3A8CA9

#3A8CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.090 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CA9
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, -15.57, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 27.48, 235.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0638 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.09 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2816, 22.5183, 40.9114)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CA9 #A9573A

analogous

#3AA98F #3A8CA9 #3A54A9

triadic

#3A8CA9 #A93A8C #8CA93A

tetradic

#3A8CA9 #8F3AA9 #A9573A #54A93A

square

#3A8CA9 #8F3AA9 #A9573A #54A93A

split-complementary

#3A8CA9 #A93A54 #A98F3A

monochromatic

#1B414E #2A667B #3A8CA9 #5AAAC6 #87C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#3A8CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#3A8CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CA9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CA9	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.090 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc2',
    500: '#3a8ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ca9;
$custom-light: #7dadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.676,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.602,
    "c": 0.08983,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CA9

secondary

#C0907F

accent

#734FD8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CA9

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

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