#3A8CAA#3A8CAA

#3A8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.091 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CAA
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -15.25, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 27.72, 236.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0635 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.091 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3758, 22.5560, 41.4077)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CAA #AA583A

analogous

#3AAA90 #3A8CAA #3A54AA

triadic

#3A8CAA #AA3A8C #8CAA3A

tetradic

#3A8CAA #903AAA #AA583A #54AA3A

square

#3A8CAA #903AAA #AA583A #54AA3A

split-complementary

#3A8CAA #AA3A54 #AA903A

monochromatic

#1B414F #2A667C #3A8CAA #5AAAC7 #88C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3A8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3A8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CAA

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CAA	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.091 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc3',
    500: '#3a8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8caa;
$custom-light: #7dadc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.071,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60244,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CAA

secondary

#C1917F

accent

#744FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CAA

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

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