#3A9BC9#3A9BC9

#3A9BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.112 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9BC9
RGB	rgb(58, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -13.21, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 34.44, 247.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0675 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.112 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0047, 28.5566, 59.4939)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9BC9 #C9683A

analogous

#3AC9B0 #3A9BC9 #3A53C9

triadic

#3A9BC9 #C93A9B #9BC93A

tetradic

#3A9BC9 #B03AC9 #C9683A #53C93A

square

#3A9BC9 #B03AC9 #C9683A #53C93A

split-complementary

#3A9BC9 #C93A53 #C9B03A

monochromatic

#1D526B #2B779B #3A9BC9 #6AB3D6 #9ACCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#3A9BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#3A9BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9BC9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9BC9	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.112 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8d9',
    500: '#3a9bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9bc9;
$custom-light: #82b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.301,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65272,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9BC9

secondary

#CFA490

accent

#7948E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9BC9

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

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