#3AA0C8#3AA0C8

#3AA0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.109 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AA0C8
RGB	rgb(58, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, -16.26, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 33.25, 240.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0728 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.109 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7368, 30.2085, 59.1595)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AA0C8 #C8623A

analogous

#3AC8A9 #3AA0C8 #3A59C8

triadic

#3AA0C8 #C83AA0 #A0C83A

tetradic

#3AA0C8 #A93AC8 #C8623A #59C83A

square

#3AA0C8 #A93AC8 #C8623A #59C83A

split-complementary

#3AA0C8 #C83A59 #C8A93A

monochromatic

#1E546A #2B7B9A #3AA0C8 #6AB7D5 #9ACEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#3AA0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#3AA0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AA0C8

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AA0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AA0C8	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3aa0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.109 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcd8',
    500: '#3aa0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3aa0c8;
$custom-light: #82bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3aa0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66412,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AA0C8

secondary

#CEA18F

accent

#7348E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AA0C8

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

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