#3A9DC3#3A9DC3

#3A9DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.106 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DC3
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -16.29, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 32.30, 239.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.0717 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.106 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6482, 28.9509, 55.9609)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DC3 #C3603A

analogous

#3AC3A4 #3A9DC3 #3A59C3

triadic

#3A9DC3 #C33A9D #9DC33A

tetradic

#3A9DC3 #A43AC3 #C3603A #59C33A

square

#3A9DC3 #A43AC3 #C3603A #59C33A

split-complementary

#3A9DC3 #C33A59 #C3A43A

monochromatic

#1E5165 #2C7794 #3A9DC3 #68B5D2 #97CCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#3A9DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#3A9DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DC3

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DC3	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.106 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad5',
    500: '#3a9dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dc3;
$custom-light: #81bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6547,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DC3

secondary

#CC9E8D

accent

#734ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DC3

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

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