#3A9BC6#3A9BC6

#3A9BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9BC6
RGB	rgb(58, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -14.21, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 33.48, 244.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0686 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.109 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6552, 28.4168, 57.6534)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9BC6 #C6653A

analogous

#3AC6AB #3A9BC6 #3A55C6

triadic

#3A9BC6 #C63A9B #9BC63A

tetradic

#3A9BC6 #AB3AC6 #C6653A #55C63A

square

#3A9BC6 #AB3AC6 #C6653A #55C63A

split-complementary

#3A9BC6 #C63A55 #C6AB3A

monochromatic

#1E5168 #2C7697 #3A9BC6 #69B3D4 #99CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3A9BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#3A9BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9BC6

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9BC6	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8d7',
    500: '#3a9bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9bc6;
$custom-light: #82b8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65131,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9BC6

secondary

#CDA28F

accent

#7749DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9BC6

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

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