#3A9DBC#3A9DBC

#3A9DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.101 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DBC
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, -18.57, -24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 30.65, 232.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0743 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.101 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8753, 28.6418, 51.8900)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DBC #BC593A

analogous

#3ABC9A #3A9DBC #3A5CBC

triadic

#3A9DBC #BC3A9D #9DBC3A

tetradic

#3A9DBC #9A3ABC #BC593A #5CBC3A

square

#3A9DBC #9A3ABC #BC593A #5CBC3A

split-complementary

#3A9DBC #BC3A5C #BC9A3A

monochromatic

#1D4F5E #2C768D #3A9DBC #64B6CF #93CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3A9DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#3A9DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DBC

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DBC	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.101 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bad0',
    500: '#3a9dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dbc;
$custom-light: #80bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6516,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DBC

secondary

#C99889

accent

#6E4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DBC

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

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