#3A9CC5#3A9CC5

#3A9CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.108 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9CC5
RGB	rgb(58, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -15.09, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 33.01, 242.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0699 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.108 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7074, 28.7050, 57.1037)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9CC5 #C5633A

analogous

#3AC5A9 #3A9CC5 #3A56C5

triadic

#3A9CC5 #C53A9C #9CC53A

tetradic

#3A9CC5 #A93AC5 #C5633A #56C53A

square

#3A9CC5 #A93AC5 #C5633A #56C53A

split-complementary

#3A9CC5 #C53A56 #C5A93A

monochromatic

#1E5166 #2C7796 #3A9CC5 #69B4D3 #99CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#3A9CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#3A9CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9CC5

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9CC5	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.108 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9d6',
    500: '#3a9cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9cc5;
$custom-light: #81b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65323,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9CC5

secondary

#CDA18E

accent

#764ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9CC5

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

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