#3A9CB2#3A9CB2

#3A9CB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.095 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9CB2
RGB	rgb(58, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(191, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -21.24, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 29.03, 222.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0772 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.095 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6659, 27.8884, 46.3520)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9CB2 #B2503A

analogous

#3AB28C #3A9CB2 #3A60B2

triadic

#3A9CB2 #B23A9C #9CB23A

tetradic

#3A9CB2 #8C3AB2 #B2503A #60B23A

square

#3A9CB2 #8C3AB2 #B2503A #60B23A

split-complementary

#3A9CB2 #B23A60 #B28C3A

monochromatic

#1C4B56 #2B7484 #3A9CB2 #5FB7CB #8DCCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#3A9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#3A9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9CB2

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9CB2	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.095 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9c9',
    500: '#3a9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9cb2;
$custom-light: #7fb9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64493,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9CB2

secondary

#C48F83

accent

#674DDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9CB2

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

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