#3A8EB5#3A8EB5

#3A8EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.099 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EB5
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -12.72, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 30.59, 245.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0614 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.099 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7551, 23.5796, 47.2173)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EB5 #B5613A

analogous

#3AB59E #3A8EB5 #3A51B5

triadic

#3A8EB5 #B53A8E #8EB53A

tetradic

#3A8EB5 #9E3AB5 #B5613A #51B53A

square

#3A8EB5 #9E3AB5 #B5613A #51B53A

split-complementary

#3A8EB5 #B53A51 #B59E3A

monochromatic

#1C4558 #2B6A87 #3A8EB5 #60AACC #8EC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3A8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3A8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EB5

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EB5	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.099 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafcb',
    500: '#3a8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8eb5;
$custom-light: #7eafcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61232,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EB5

secondary

#C69A85

accent

#7A4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EB5

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

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