#3A8EAC#3A8EAC

#3A8EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.092 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EAC
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -15.69, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 28.04, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0648 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.092 225)
XYZ	xyz(18.8613, 23.2221, 42.5100)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EAC #AC583A

analogous

#3AAC91 #3A8EAC #3A55AC

triadic

#3A8EAC #AC3A8E #8EAC3A

tetradic

#3A8EAC #913AAC #AC583A #55AC3A

square

#3A8EAC #913AAC #AC583A #55AC3A

split-complementary

#3A8EAC #AC3A55 #AC913A

monochromatic

#1B4250 #2B687E #3A8EAC #5BABC8 #89C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3A8EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#3A8EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EAC

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EAC	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.092 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc4',
    500: '#3a8eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8eac;
$custom-light: #7dafc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60821,
    "c": 0.09173,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.23224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EAC

secondary

#C29180

accent

#734FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EAC

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

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