#3A9DBD#3A9DBD

#3A9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.102 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DBD
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -18.25, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 30.86, 233.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0739 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.102 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9835, 28.6850, 52.4597)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DBD #BD5A3A

analogous

#3ABD9B #3A9DBD #3A5CBD

triadic

#3A9DBD #BD3A9D #9DBD3A

tetradic

#3A9DBD #9B3ABD #BD5A3A #5CBD3A

square

#3A9DBD #9B3ABD #BD5A3A #5CBD3A

split-complementary

#3A9DBD #BD3A5C #BD9B3A

monochromatic

#1D4F5F #2C768E #3A9DBD #65B5D0 #93CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3A9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#3A9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DBD

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DBD	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#8B99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.102 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bad1',
    500: '#3a9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dbd;
$custom-light: #80bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.656,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65204,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DBD

secondary

#C9998A

accent

#6F4BDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DBD

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

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