#3A9CBE#3A9CBE

#3A9CBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.102 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9CBE
RGB	rgb(58, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -17.39, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 31.16, 236.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0725 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.102 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9239, 28.3916, 52.9772)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9CBE #BE5C3A

analogous

#3ABE9E #3A9CBE #3A5ABE

triadic

#3A9CBE #BE3A9C #9CBE3A

tetradic

#3A9CBE #9E3ABE #BE5C3A #5ABE3A

square

#3A9CBE #9E3ABE #BE5C3A #5ABE3A

split-complementary

#3A9CBE #BE3A5A #BE9E3A

monochromatic

#1D4F60 #2C768F #3A9CBE #65B5D0 #94CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3A9CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#3A9CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9CBE

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9CBE	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)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.102 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9d1',
    500: '#3a9cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9cbe;
$custom-light: #80b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.455,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65007,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9CBE

secondary

#CA9B8A

accent

#714BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9CBE

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

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