#3A8EB2#3A8EB2

#3A8EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.097 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EB2
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -13.72, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 29.67, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0625 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.097 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4506, 23.4578, 45.6136)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EB2 #B25E3A

analogous

#3AB29A #3A8EB2 #3A52B2

triadic

#3A8EB2 #B23A8E #8EB23A

tetradic

#3A8EB2 #9A3AB2 #B25E3A #52B23A

square

#3A8EB2 #9A3AB2 #B25E3A #52B23A

split-complementary

#3A8EB2 #B23A52 #B29A3A

monochromatic

#1C4456 #2B6984 #3A8EB2 #5FAACB #8DC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3A8EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#3A8EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EB2

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EB2	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.097 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc9',
    500: '#3a8eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8eb2;
$custom-light: #7eafc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61092,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EB2

secondary

#C49783

accent

#784DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EB2

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

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