#3A8EB4#3A8EB4

#3A8EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.098 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EB4
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, -13.05, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 30.28, 244.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0618 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.098 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6529, 23.5387, 46.6788)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EB4 #B4603A

analogous

#3AB49D #3A8EB4 #3A51B4

triadic

#3A8EB4 #B43A8E #8EB43A

tetradic

#3A8EB4 #9D3AB4 #B4603A #51B43A

square

#3A8EB4 #9D3AB4 #B4603A #51B43A

split-complementary

#3A8EB4 #B43A51 #B49D3A

monochromatic

#1C4557 #2B6986 #3A8EB4 #60AACC #8EC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3A8EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#3A8EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EB4

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EB4	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.098 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafca',
    500: '#3a8eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8eb4;
$custom-light: #7eafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61185,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EB4

secondary

#C59985

accent

#794DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EB4

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

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