#3A9DC5#3A9DC5

#3A9DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.108 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DC5
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -15.63, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 32.85, 241.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0709 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.108 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8759, 29.0420, 57.1598)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DC5 #C5623A

analogous

#3AC5A7 #3A9DC5 #3A58C5

triadic

#3A9DC5 #C53A9D #9DC53A

tetradic

#3A9DC5 #A73AC5 #C5623A #58C53A

square

#3A9DC5 #A73AC5 #C5623A #58C53A

split-complementary

#3A9DC5 #C53A58 #C5A73A

monochromatic

#1E5266 #2C7796 #3A9DC5 #69B5D3 #99CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3A9DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#3A9DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DC5

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DC5	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.108 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad6',
    500: '#3a9dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dc5;
$custom-light: #81bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65561,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DC5

secondary

#CDA08E

accent

#754ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DC5

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

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