#3A8EA0#3A8EA0

#3A8EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.084 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EA0
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, -19.52, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 25.92, 221.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0696 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.084 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7605, 22.7817, 36.7122)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EA0 #A04C3A

analogous

#3AA07F #3A8EA0 #3A5BA0

triadic

#3A8EA0 #A03A8E #8EA03A

tetradic

#3A8EA0 #7F3AA0 #A04C3A #5BA03A

square

#3A8EA0 #7F3AA0 #A04C3A #5BA03A

split-complementary

#3A8EA0 #A03A5B #A07F3A

monochromatic

#193E46 #2A6673 #3A8EA0 #56AFC2 #83C4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#3A8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#3A8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EA0

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EA0	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.084 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafbc',
    500: '#3a8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ea0;
$custom-light: #7cafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60307,
    "c": 0.08422,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EA0

secondary

#BC867A

accent

#6951D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EA0

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

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