#3A8DAD#3A8DAD

#3A8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.093 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8DAD
RGB	rgb(58, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -14.81, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 28.39, 238.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0634 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.093 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8096, 22.9644, 42.9683)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8DAD #AD5A3A

analogous

#3AAD94 #3A8DAD #3A53AD

triadic

#3A8DAD #AD3A8D #8DAD3A

tetradic

#3A8DAD #943AAD #AD5A3A #53AD3A

square

#3A8DAD #943AAD #AD5A3A #53AD3A

split-complementary

#3A8DAD #AD3A53 #AD943A

monochromatic

#1B4251 #2B687F #3A8DAD #5CAAC8 #8AC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3A8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3A8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8DAD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8DAD	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.093 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daec5',
    500: '#3a8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8dad;
$custom-light: #7daec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.696,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60622,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8DAD

secondary

#C29381

accent

#754ED9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8DAD

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

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