#3A8DAE#3A8DAE

#3A8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.094 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8DAE
RGB	rgb(58, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -14.49, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 28.66, 239.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% -0.063 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.094 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9067, 23.0033, 43.4799)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8DAE #AE5B3A

analogous

#3AAE95 #3A8DAE #3A53AE

triadic

#3A8DAE #AE3A8D #8DAE3A

tetradic

#3A8DAE #953AAE #AE5B3A #53AE3A

square

#3A8DAE #953AAE #AE5B3A #53AE3A

split-complementary

#3A8DAE #AE3A53 #AE953A

monochromatic

#1B4352 #2B6880 #3A8DAE #5CAAC9 #8AC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3A8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3A8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8DAE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8DAE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.094 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daec6',
    500: '#3a8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8dae;
$custom-light: #7daec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.069,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60667,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8DAE

secondary

#C29481

accent

#764EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8DAE

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

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