#3A8DA9#3A8DA9

#3A8DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.090 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8DA9
RGB	rgb(58, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -16.12, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 27.41, 233.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0649 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.09 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4284, 22.8119, 40.9604)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8DA9 #A9563A

analogous

#3AA98E #3A8DA9 #3A56A9

triadic

#3A8DA9 #A93A8D #8DA93A

tetradic

#3A8DA9 #8E3AA9 #A9563A #56A93A

square

#3A8DA9 #8E3AA9 #A9563A #56A93A

split-complementary

#3A8DA9 #A93A56 #A98E3A

monochromatic

#1B414E #2A677B #3A8DA9 #5AABC6 #87C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#3A8DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#3A8DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8DA9

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8DA9	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.090 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daec2',
    500: '#3a8da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8da9;
$custom-light: #7daec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.135,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60444,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8DA9

secondary

#C08F7F

accent

#724FD8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8DA9

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

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