#3A8CC4#3A8CC4

#3A8CC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.116 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CC4
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -6.49, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 36.83, 259.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0543 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.116 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0830, 23.6389, 55.6655)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CC4 #C4723A

analogous

#3AC4B7 #3A8CC4 #3A47C4

triadic

#3A8CC4 #C43A8C #8CC43A

tetradic

#3A8CC4 #B73AC4 #C4723A #47C43A

square

#3A8CC4 #B73AC4 #C4723A #47C43A

split-complementary

#3A8CC4 #C43A47 #C4B73A

monochromatic

#1E4966 #2C6A95 #3A8CC4 #69A8D3 #98C3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3A8CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3A8CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CC4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CC4	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.116 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add6',
    500: '#3a8cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8cc4;
$custom-light: #81add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61496,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CC4

secondary

#CCA78E

accent

#864ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CC4

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

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