#3A8DC5#3A8DC5

#3A8DC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.116 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8DC5
RGB	rgb(58, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -6.72, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 36.91, 259.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.055 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.116 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3440, 23.9782, 56.3159)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8DC5 #C5723A

analogous

#3AC5B8 #3A8DC5 #3A47C5

triadic

#3A8DC5 #C53A8D #8DC53A

tetradic

#3A8DC5 #B83AC5 #C5723A #47C53A

square

#3A8DC5 #B83AC5 #C5723A #47C53A

split-complementary

#3A8DC5 #C53A47 #C5B83A

monochromatic

#1E4966 #2C6B96 #3A8DC5 #69A8D3 #99C4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3A8DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#3A8DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8DC5

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8DC5	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.116 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed7',
    500: '#3a8dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8dc5;
$custom-light: #81aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.173,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61781,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8DC5

secondary

#CDA78E

accent

#864ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8DC5

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

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