#3A8FAE#3A8FAE

#3A8FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.093 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8FAE
RGB	rgb(58, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -15.58, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 28.45, 236.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% -0.0651 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.093 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2043, 23.5984, 43.5790)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8FAE #AE593A

analogous

#3AAE93 #3A8FAE #3A55AE

triadic

#3A8FAE #AE3A8F #8FAE3A

tetradic

#3A8FAE #933AAE #AE593A #55AE3A

square

#3A8FAE #933AAE #AE593A #55AE3A

split-complementary

#3A8FAE #AE3A55 #AE933A

monochromatic

#1B4452 #2B6980 #3A8FAE #5CACC9 #8AC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3A8FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3A8FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8FAE

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8FAE	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)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.093 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc6',
    500: '#3a8fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8fae;
$custom-light: #7dafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61153,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8FAE

secondary

#C29381

accent

#734EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8FAE

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

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