#3A8CD9#3A8CD9

#3A8CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.141 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8CD9
RGB	rgb(58, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(209, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 0.90, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 46.50, 271.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0482 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.141 250)
XYZ	xyz(23.6427, 24.6628, 69.1465)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8CD9 #D9873A

analogous

#3AD9D7 #3A8CD9 #3A3DD9

triadic

#3A8CD9 #D93A8C #8CD93A

tetradic

#3A8CD9 #D73AD9 #D9873A #3DD93A

square

#3A8CD9 #D73AD9 #D9873A #3DD93A

split-complementary

#3A8CD9 #D93A3D #D9D73A

monochromatic

#194E80 #236DB3 #3A8CD9 #6DAAE3 #A1C8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#3A8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#3A8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8CD9

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8CD9	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.141 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ade5',
    500: '#3a8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8cd9;
$custom-light: #84ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.057,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62635,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.24665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8CD9

secondary

#D9B695

accent

#913DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8CD9

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

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