#3A8CB6#3A8CB6

#3A8CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.101 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CB6
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, -11.27, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 31.36, 248.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.059 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.101 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5632, 23.0310, 47.6613)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CB6 #B6643A

analogous

#3AB6A2 #3A8CB6 #3A4EB6

triadic

#3A8CB6 #B63A8C #8CB63A

tetradic

#3A8CB6 #A23AB6 #B6643A #4EB63A

square

#3A8CB6 #A23AB6 #B6643A #4EB63A

split-complementary

#3A8CB6 #B63A4E #B6A23A

monochromatic

#1C4559 #2B6888 #3A8CB6 #61A8CD #8FC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3A8CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3A8CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CB6

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CB6	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.101 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadcc',
    500: '#3a8cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8cb6;
$custom-light: #7eadcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.323,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60799,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CB6

secondary

#C69C86

accent

#7D4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CB6

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

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