#3A8CC6#3A8CC6

#3A8CC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.118 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CC6
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -5.79, -37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 37.69, 261.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0537 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.118 243)
XYZ	xyz(21.3121, 23.7306, 56.8724)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CC6 #C6743A

analogous

#3AC6BA #3A8CC6 #3A46C6

triadic

#3A8CC6 #C63A8C #8CC63A

tetradic

#3A8CC6 #BA3AC6 #C6743A #46C63A

square

#3A8CC6 #BA3AC6 #C6743A #46C63A

split-complementary

#3A8CC6 #C63A46 #C6BA3A

monochromatic

#1E4968 #2C6B97 #3A8CC6 #69A8D4 #99C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3A8CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#3A8CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CC6

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CC6	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.118 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add7',
    500: '#3a8cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8cc6;
$custom-light: #81add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61599,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.23733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CC6

secondary

#CDA98F

accent

#8749DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CC6

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

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