#3A8DB3#3A8DB3

#3A8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.098 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8DB3
RGB	rgb(58, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -12.83, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 30.15, 244.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0611 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.098 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4033, 23.2019, 46.0949)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8DB3 #B3603A

analogous

#3AB39D #3A8DB3 #3A51B3

triadic

#3A8DB3 #B33A8D #8DB33A

tetradic

#3A8DB3 #9D3AB3 #B3603A #51B33A

square

#3A8DB3 #9D3AB3 #B3603A #51B33A

split-complementary

#3A8DB3 #B33A51 #B39D3A

monochromatic

#1C4457 #2B6985 #3A8DB3 #5FA9CB #8DC2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3A8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#3A8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8DB3

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8DB3	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.098 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaeca',
    500: '#3a8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8db3;
$custom-light: #7eaeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.843,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60898,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8DB3

secondary

#C59884

accent

#7A4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8DB3

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

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