#3A8EA9#3A8EA9

#3A8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.090 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EA9
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -16.66, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 27.36, 232.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.066 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.09 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5765, 23.1081, 41.0097)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EA9 #A9553A

analogous

#3AA98D #3A8EA9 #3A56A9

triadic

#3A8EA9 #A93A8E #8EA93A

tetradic

#3A8EA9 #8D3AA9 #A9553A #56A93A

square

#3A8EA9 #8D3AA9 #A9553A #56A93A

split-complementary

#3A8EA9 #A93A56 #A98D3A

monochromatic

#1B414E #2A687B #3A8EA9 #5AACC6 #87C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3A8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3A8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EA9

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EA9	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.090 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc2',
    500: '#3a8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ea9;
$custom-light: #7dafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60689,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EA9

secondary

#C08F7F

accent

#714FD8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EA9

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

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