#3A9CBC#3A9CBC

#3A9CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.101 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9CBC
RGB	rgb(58, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -18.04, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 30.71, 234.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0733 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.101 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7068, 28.3048, 51.8339)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9CBC #BC5A3A

analogous

#3ABC9B #3A9CBC #3A5BBC

triadic

#3A9CBC #BC3A9C #9CBC3A

tetradic

#3A9CBC #9B3ABC #BC5A3A #5BBC3A

square

#3A9CBC #9B3ABC #BC5A3A #5BBC3A

split-complementary

#3A9CBC #BC3A5B #BC9B3A

monochromatic

#1D4E5E #2C758D #3A9CBC #64B5CF #93CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#3A9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#3A9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9CBC

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9CBC	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.101 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9d0',
    500: '#3a9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9cbc;
$custom-light: #80b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64919,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9CBC

secondary

#C99989

accent

#6F4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9CBC

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

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