#3A9BBD#3A9BBD

#3A9BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.102 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9BBD
RGB	rgb(58, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -17.18, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 31.01, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0719 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.102 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6478, 28.0138, 52.3479)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9BBD #BD5C3A

analogous

#3ABD9D #3A9BBD #3A59BD

triadic

#3A9BBD #BD3A9B #9BBD3A

tetradic

#3A9BBD #9D3ABD #BD5C3A #59BD3A

square

#3A9BBD #9D3ABD #BD5C3A #59BD3A

split-complementary

#3A9BBD #BD3A59 #BD9D3A

monochromatic

#1D4E5F #2C758E #3A9BBD #65B4D0 #93CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#3A9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#3A9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9BBD

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9BBD	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.102 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8d1',
    500: '#3a9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9bbd;
$custom-light: #80b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.573,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64722,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9BBD

secondary

#C99A8A

accent

#714BDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9BBD

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

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