#3A8EAE#3A8EAE

#3A8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.093 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EAE
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -15.04, -24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 28.55, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.064 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.093 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0549, 23.2995, 43.5292)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EAE #AE5A3A

analogous

#3AAE94 #3A8EAE #3A54AE

triadic

#3A8EAE #AE3A8E #8EAE3A

tetradic

#3A8EAE #943AAE #AE5A3A #54AE3A

square

#3A8EAE #943AAE #AE5A3A #54AE3A

split-complementary

#3A8EAE #AE3A54 #AE943A

monochromatic

#1B4352 #2B6980 #3A8EAE #5CABC9 #8AC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3A8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3A8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EAE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EAE	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.093 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc6',
    500: '#3a8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8eae;
$custom-light: #7dafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6091,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EAE

secondary

#C29381

accent

#754EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EAE

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

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