#3AA8CD#3AA8CD

#3AA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.111 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AA8CD
RGB	rgb(58, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -18.88, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 33.61, 235.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0789 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.111 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7625, 33.3095, 62.7647)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AA8CD #CD5F3A

analogous

#3ACDA9 #3AA8CD #3A5FCD

triadic

#3AA8CD #CD3AA8 #A8CD3A

tetradic

#3AA8CD #A93ACD #CD5F3A #5FCD3A

square

#3AA8CD #A93ACD #CD5F3A #5FCD3A

split-complementary

#3AA8CD #CD3A5F #CDA93A

monochromatic

#1C5B70 #2983A1 #3AA8CD #6BBED9 #9CD3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3AA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#3AA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AA8CD

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AA8CD	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3aa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.111 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2dc',
    500: '#3aa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3aa8cd;
$custom-light: #83c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3aa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68539,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AA8CD

secondary

#D2A191

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AA8CD

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

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