#3A8FAF#3A8FAF

#3A8FAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.094 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8FAF
RGB	rgb(58, 143, 175)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -15.26, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 28.70, 237.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0647 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.094 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3021, 23.6375, 44.0944)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8FAF #AF5A3A

analogous

#3AAF94 #3A8FAF #3A54AF

triadic

#3A8FAF #AF3A8F #8FAF3A

tetradic

#3A8FAF #943AAF #AF5A3A #54AF3A

square

#3A8FAF #943AAF #AF5A3A #54AF3A

split-complementary

#3A8FAF #AF3A54 #AF943A

monochromatic

#1C4453 #2B6981 #3A8FAF #5DACC9 #8BC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3A8FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3A8FAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8FAF

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8FAF	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 143, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.094 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc7',
    500: '#3a8faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8faf;
$custom-light: #7eafc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61198,
    "c": 0.09385,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8FAF

secondary

#C39482

accent

#744EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8FAF

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

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