#3A8CB9#3A8CB9

#3A8CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.104 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CB9
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -10.26, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 32.44, 251.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.058 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.104 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8765, 23.1563, 49.3116)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CB9 #B9673A

analogous

#3AB9A6 #3A8CB9 #3A4CB9

triadic

#3A8CB9 #B93A8C #8CB93A

tetradic

#3A8CB9 #A63AB9 #B9673A #4CB93A

square

#3A8CB9 #A63AB9 #B9673A #4CB93A

split-complementary

#3A8CB9 #B93A4C #B9A63A

monochromatic

#1D455C #2B698A #3A8CB9 #62A8CE #91C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3A8CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3A8CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CB9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CB9	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.104 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadce',
    500: '#3a8cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8cb9;
$custom-light: #7fadce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.26,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60944,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CB9

secondary

#C79E87

accent

#7F4CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CB9

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

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