#3A8EA6#3A8EA6

#3A8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.088 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EA6
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -17.62, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 26.78, 228.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0672 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.088 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2981, 22.9968, 39.5435)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EA6 #A6523A

analogous

#3AA688 #3A8EA6 #3A58A6

triadic

#3A8EA6 #A63A8E #8EA63A

tetradic

#3A8EA6 #883AA6 #A6523A #58A63A

square

#3A8EA6 #883AA6 #A6523A #58A63A

split-complementary

#3A8EA6 #A63A58 #A6883A

monochromatic

#1A404B #2A6779 #3A8EA6 #58ADC5 #86C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3A8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3A8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EA6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EA6	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.088 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafc0',
    500: '#3a8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ea6;
$custom-light: #7cafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60559,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EA6

secondary

#BF8C7D

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EA6

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

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