#3A8EA8#3A8EA8

#3A8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.089 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EA8
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, -16.98, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 27.16, 231.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0664 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.089 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4830, 23.0707, 40.5172)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EA8 #A8543A

analogous

#3AA88B #3A8EA8 #3A57A8

triadic

#3A8EA8 #A83A8E #8EA83A

tetradic

#3A8EA8 #8B3AA8 #A8543A #57A83A

square

#3A8EA8 #8B3AA8 #A8543A #57A83A

split-complementary

#3A8EA8 #A83A57 #A88B3A

monochromatic

#1B414D #2A687B #3A8EA8 #59ACC6 #87C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3A8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3A8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EA8

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EA8	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.089 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc2',
    500: '#3a8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ea8;
$custom-light: #7dafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60645,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EA8

secondary

#C08E7E

accent

#7050D8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EA8

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

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