#3A9CC0#3A9CC0

#3A9CC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.104 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9CC0
RGB	rgb(58, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -16.74, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 31.65, 238.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0718 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.104 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1440, 28.4796, 54.1363)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9CC0 #C05E3A

analogous

#3AC0A1 #3A9CC0 #3A59C0

triadic

#3A9CC0 #C03A9C #9CC03A

tetradic

#3A9CC0 #A13AC0 #C05E3A #59C03A

square

#3A9CC0 #A13AC0 #C05E3A #59C03A

split-complementary

#3A9CC0 #C03A59 #C0A13A

monochromatic

#1E5062 #2C7691 #3A9CC0 #66B4D1 #95CBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3A9CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#3A9CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9CC0

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9CC0	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.104 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9d3',
    500: '#3a9cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9cc0;
$custom-light: #81b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65096,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9CC0

secondary

#CA9C8B

accent

#724BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9CC0

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

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