#3A99BD#3A99BD

#3A99BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.102 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A99BD
RGB	rgb(58, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -16.10, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 31.22, 238.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0698 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.102 227)
XYZ	xyz(22.3178, 27.3536, 52.2378)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3A99BD #BD5E3A

analogous

#3ABD9F #3A99BD #3A57BD

triadic

#3A99BD #BD3A99 #99BD3A

tetradic

#3A99BD #9F3ABD #BD5E3A #57BD3A

square

#3A99BD #9F3ABD #BD5E3A #57BD3A

split-complementary

#3A99BD #BD3A57 #BD9F3A

monochromatic

#1D4D5F #2C738E #3A99BD #65B2D0 #93C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3A99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#3A99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A99BD

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A99BD	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.102 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7d1',
    500: '#3a99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a99bd;
$custom-light: #80b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64241,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.27356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A99BD

secondary

#C99B8A

accent

#734BDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A99BD

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

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