#3A8EC4#3A8EC4

#3A8EC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.114 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8EC4
RGB	rgb(58, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -7.63, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 36.15, 257.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0563 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.114 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3779, 24.2287, 55.7638)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8EC4 #C4703A

analogous

#3AC4B5 #3A8EC4 #3A49C4

triadic

#3A8EC4 #C43A8E #8EC43A

tetradic

#3A8EC4 #B53AC4 #C4703A #49C43A

square

#3A8EC4 #B53AC4 #C4703A #49C43A

split-complementary

#3A8EC4 #C43A49 #C4B53A

monochromatic

#1E4A66 #2C6C95 #3A8EC4 #69A9D3 #98C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3A8EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3A8EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8EC4

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8EC4	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.114 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed6',
    500: '#3a8ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8ec4;
$custom-light: #81aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61964,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8EC4

secondary

#CCA68E

accent

#844ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8EC4

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

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