#3A8DB9#3A8DB9

#3A8DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.104 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8DB9
RGB	rgb(58, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -10.82, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 32.18, 250.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.059 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.104 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0233, 23.4499, 49.3605)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8DB9 #B9663A

analogous

#3AB9A5 #3A8DB9 #3A4EB9

triadic

#3A8DB9 #B93A8D #8DB93A

tetradic

#3A8DB9 #A53AB9 #B9663A #4EB93A

square

#3A8DB9 #A53AB9 #B9663A #4EB93A

split-complementary

#3A8DB9 #B93A4E #B9A53A

monochromatic

#1D465C #2B698A #3A8DB9 #62A9CE #91C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3A8DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#3A8DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8DB9

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8DB9	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.104 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faece',
    500: '#3a8db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8db9;
$custom-light: #7faece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.787,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61183,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8DB9

secondary

#C79E87

accent

#7E4CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8DB9

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

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