#3A9BBE#3A9BBE

#3A9BBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.103 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9BBE
RGB	rgb(58, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -16.85, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 31.25, 237.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0715 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.103 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7568, 28.0574, 52.9215)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9BBE #BE5D3A

analogous

#3ABE9F #3A9BBE #3A59BE

triadic

#3A9BBE #BE3A9B #9BBE3A

tetradic

#3A9BBE #9F3ABE #BE5D3A #59BE3A

square

#3A9BBE #9F3ABE #BE5D3A #59BE3A

split-complementary

#3A9BBE #BE3A59 #BE9F3A

monochromatic

#1D4E60 #2C758F #3A9BBE #65B4D0 #94CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#3A9BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#3A9BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9BBE

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9BBE	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.103 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8d1',
    500: '#3a9bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9bbe;
$custom-light: #80b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64766,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9BBE

secondary

#CA9B8A

accent

#724BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9BBE

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

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