#3A8EAD#3A8EAD

#3A8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.093 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EAD
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -15.36, -23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 28.29, 237.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0644 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.093 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9577, 23.2606, 43.0177)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EAD #AD593A

analogous

#3AAD93 #3A8EAD #3A54AD

triadic

#3A8EAD #AD3A8E #8EAD3A

tetradic

#3A8EAD #933AAD #AD593A #54AD3A

square

#3A8EAD #933AAD #AD593A #54AD3A

split-complementary

#3A8EAD #AD3A54 #AD933A

monochromatic

#1B4351 #2B687F #3A8EAD #5CABC8 #8AC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3A8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3A8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EAD

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EAD	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.093 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc5',
    500: '#3a8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ead;
$custom-light: #7dafc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60865,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EAD

secondary

#C29281

accent

#744ED9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EAD

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

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