#3A99BC#3A99BC

#3A99BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.102 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A99BC
RGB	rgb(58, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -16.43, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 30.96, 237.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0702 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.102 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2096, 27.3104, 51.6681)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A99BC #BC5D3A

analogous

#3ABC9E #3A99BC #3A58BC

triadic

#3A99BC #BC3A99 #99BC3A

tetradic

#3A99BC #9E3ABC #BC5D3A #58BC3A

square

#3A99BC #9E3ABC #BC5D3A #58BC3A

split-complementary

#3A99BC #BC3A58 #BC9E3A

monochromatic

#1D4D5E #2C738D #3A99BC #64B2CF #93C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3A99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#3A99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A99BC

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A99BC	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.102 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7d0',
    500: '#3a99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a99bc;
$custom-light: #80b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64196,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A99BC

secondary

#C99A89

accent

#734CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A99BC

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

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