#3A8DB2#3A8DB2

#3A8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.097 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8DB2
RGB	rgb(58, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -13.17, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 29.83, 243.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0615 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.097 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3025, 23.1616, 45.5642)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8DB2 #B25F3A

analogous

#3AB29B #3A8DB2 #3A51B2

triadic

#3A8DB2 #B23A8D #8DB23A

tetradic

#3A8DB2 #9B3AB2 #B25F3A #51B23A

square

#3A8DB2 #9B3AB2 #B25F3A #51B23A

split-complementary

#3A8DB2 #B23A51 #B29B3A

monochromatic

#1C4456 #2B6884 #3A8DB2 #5FA9CB #8DC2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3A8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3A8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8DB2

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8DB2	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.097 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec9',
    500: '#3a8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8db2;
$custom-light: #7eaec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60851,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8DB2

secondary

#C49783

accent

#794DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8DB2

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

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