#3A9DC0#3A9DC0

#3A9DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.104 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DC0
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -17.27, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 31.55, 236.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0728 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.104 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3125, 28.8166, 54.1925)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DC0 #C05D3A

analogous

#3AC0A0 #3A9DC0 #3A5AC0

triadic

#3A9DC0 #C03A9D #9DC03A

tetradic

#3A9DC0 #A03AC0 #C05D3A #5AC03A

square

#3A9DC0 #A03AC0 #C05D3A #5AC03A

split-complementary

#3A9DC0 #C03A5A #C0A03A

monochromatic

#1E5062 #2C7791 #3A9DC0 #66B5D1 #95CCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#3A9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#3A9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DC0

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DC0	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.104 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad3',
    500: '#3a9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dc0;
$custom-light: #81bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65336,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DC0

secondary

#CA9C8B

accent

#714BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DC0

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

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