#3A99BB#3A99BB

#3A99BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.101 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A99BB
RGB	rgb(58, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -16.76, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 30.71, 236.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0706 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.101 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1022, 27.2674, 51.1024)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A99BB #BB5C3A

analogous

#3ABB9C #3A99BB #3A58BB

triadic

#3A99BB #BB3A99 #99BB3A

tetradic

#3A99BB #9C3ABB #BB5C3A #58BB3A

square

#3A99BB #9C3ABB #BB5C3A #58BB3A

split-complementary

#3A99BB #BB3A58 #BB9C3A

monochromatic

#1D4D5E #2C738C #3A99BB #63B2CF #92C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3A99BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#3A99BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A99BB

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A99BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A99BB	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a99bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.101 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7cf',
    500: '#3a99bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a99bb;
$custom-light: #80b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a99bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64152,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A99BB

secondary

#C89988

accent

#724CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A99BB

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

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