#3A8CC9#3A8CC9

#3A8CC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.122 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CC9
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -4.75, -38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 39.01, 263.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0528 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.122 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6616, 23.8703, 58.7128)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CC9 #C9773A

analogous

#3AC9BE #3A8CC9 #3A44C9

triadic

#3A8CC9 #C93A8C #8CC93A

tetradic

#3A8CC9 #BE3AC9 #C9773A #44C93A

square

#3A8CC9 #BE3AC9 #C9773A #44C93A

split-complementary

#3A8CC9 #C93A44 #C9BE3A

monochromatic

#1D4A6B #2B6B9B #3A8CC9 #6AA8D6 #9AC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#3A8CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#3A8CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CC9

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CC9	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.122 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add9',
    500: '#3a8cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8cc9;
$custom-light: #81add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.594,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61757,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CC9

secondary

#CFAB90

accent

#8948E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CC9

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

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