#3A8CB2#3A8CB2

#3A8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.097 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CB2
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -12.61, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 30.02, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0604 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.097 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1557, 22.8680, 45.5153)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CB2 #B2603A

analogous

#3AB29C #3A8CB2 #3A50B2

triadic

#3A8CB2 #B23A8C #8CB23A

tetradic

#3A8CB2 #9C3AB2 #B2603A #50B23A

square

#3A8CB2 #9C3AB2 #B2603A #50B23A

split-complementary

#3A8CB2 #B23A50 #B29C3A

monochromatic

#1C4356 #2B6884 #3A8CB2 #5FA8CB #8DC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3A8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#3A8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CB2

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CB2	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.097 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc9',
    500: '#3a8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8cb2;
$custom-light: #7eadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6061,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CB2

secondary

#C49883

accent

#7A4DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CB2

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

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