#3A9DC4#3A9DC4

#3A9DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.107 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DC4
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -15.96, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 32.57, 240.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0713 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.107 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7617, 28.9963, 56.5584)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DC4 #C4613A

analogous

#3AC4A6 #3A9DC4 #3A58C4

triadic

#3A9DC4 #C43A9D #9DC43A

tetradic

#3A9DC4 #A63AC4 #C4613A #58C43A

square

#3A9DC4 #A63AC4 #C4613A #58C43A

split-complementary

#3A9DC4 #C43A58 #C4A63A

monochromatic

#1E5166 #2C7795 #3A9DC4 #69B5D3 #98CCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#3A9DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#3A9DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DC4

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DC4	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.107 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad6',
    500: '#3a9dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dc4;
$custom-light: #81bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65515,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DC4

secondary

#CC9F8E

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DC4

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

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