#3A9ABC#3A9ABC

#3A9ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.101 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9ABC
RGB	rgb(58, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -16.97, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 30.86, 236.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0712 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.101 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3739, 27.6391, 51.7229)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9ABC #BC5C3A

analogous

#3ABC9D #3A9ABC #3A59BC

triadic

#3A9ABC #BC3A9A #9ABC3A

tetradic

#3A9ABC #9D3ABC #BC5C3A #59BC3A

square

#3A9ABC #9D3ABC #BC5C3A #59BC3A

split-complementary

#3A9ABC #BC3A59 #BC9D3A

monochromatic

#1D4D5E #2C748D #3A9ABC #64B3CF #93CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3A9ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#3A9ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9ABC

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9ABC	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.101 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7d0',
    500: '#3a9abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9abc;
$custom-light: #80b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64437,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9ABC

secondary

#C99A89

accent

#714CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9ABC

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

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