#3A8CB3#3A8CB3

#3A8CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.098 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CB3
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -12.28, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 30.34, 246.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0601 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.098 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2565, 22.9083, 46.0460)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CB3 #B3613A

analogous

#3AB39E #3A8CB3 #3A50B3

triadic

#3A8CB3 #B33A8C #8CB33A

tetradic

#3A8CB3 #9E3AB3 #B3613A #50B33A

square

#3A8CB3 #9E3AB3 #B3613A #50B33A

split-complementary

#3A8CB3 #B33A50 #B39E3A

monochromatic

#1C4457 #2B6885 #3A8CB3 #5FA8CB #8DC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3A8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3A8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CB3

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CB3	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.098 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadca',
    500: '#3a8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8cb3;
$custom-light: #7eadca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CB3

secondary

#C59984

accent

#7B4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CB3

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

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