#3A8CB4#3A8CB4

#3A8CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.099 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CB4
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -11.94, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 30.67, 247.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0597 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.099 233)
XYZ	xyz(19.3580, 22.9489, 46.5805)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CB4 #B4623A

analogous

#3AB49F #3A8CB4 #3A4FB4

triadic

#3A8CB4 #B43A8C #8CB43A

tetradic

#3A8CB4 #9F3AB4 #B4623A #4FB43A

square

#3A8CB4 #9F3AB4 #B4623A #4FB43A

split-complementary

#3A8CB4 #B43A4F #B49F3A

monochromatic

#1C4457 #2B6886 #3A8CB4 #60A8CC #8EC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3A8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3A8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CB4

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CB4	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.099 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadca',
    500: '#3a8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8cb4;
$custom-light: #7eadca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60704,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.22951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CB4

secondary

#C59A85

accent

#7C4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CB4

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

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