#3A9CC9#3A9CC9

#3A9CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.112 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9CC9
RGB	rgb(58, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, -13.76, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 34.23, 246.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0685 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.112 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1718, 28.8908, 59.5496)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9CC9 #C9673A

analogous

#3AC9AE #3A9CC9 #3A54C9

triadic

#3A9CC9 #C93A9C #9CC93A

tetradic

#3A9CC9 #AE3AC9 #C9673A #54C93A

square

#3A9CC9 #AE3AC9 #C9673A #54C93A

split-complementary

#3A9CC9 #C93A54 #C9AE3A

monochromatic

#1D536B #2B789B #3A9CC9 #6AB4D6 #9ACCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#3A9CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#3A9CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9CC9

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9CC9	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.112 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d9',
    500: '#3a9cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9cc9;
$custom-light: #82b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65508,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9CC9

secondary

#CFA490

accent

#7848E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9CC9

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

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