#3A99BE#3A99BE

#3A99BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.103 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A99BE
RGB	rgb(58, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -15.78, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 31.48, 239.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0695 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.103 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4267, 27.3972, 52.8115)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A99BE #BE5F3A

analogous

#3ABEA1 #3A99BE #3A57BE

triadic

#3A99BE #BE3A99 #99BE3A

tetradic

#3A99BE #A13ABE #BE5F3A #57BE3A

square

#3A99BE #A13ABE #BE5F3A #57BE3A

split-complementary

#3A99BE #BE3A57 #BEA13A

monochromatic

#1D4D60 #2C738F #3A99BE #65B2D0 #94CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#3A99BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#3A99BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A99BE

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A99BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A99BE	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a99be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.103 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7d1',
    500: '#3a99be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a99be;
$custom-light: #80b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a99be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64286,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A99BE

secondary

#CA9C8A

accent

#744BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A99BE

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

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