#3A9DC6#3A9DC6

#3A9DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.109 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DC6
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -15.30, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 33.14, 242.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0706 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.109 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9908, 29.0880, 57.7653)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DC6 #C6633A

analogous

#3AC6A9 #3A9DC6 #3A57C6

triadic

#3A9DC6 #C63A9D #9DC63A

tetradic

#3A9DC6 #A93AC6 #C6633A #57C63A

square

#3A9DC6 #A93AC6 #C6633A #57C63A

split-complementary

#3A9DC6 #C63A57 #C6A93A

monochromatic

#1E5268 #2C7897 #3A9DC6 #69B5D4 #99CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3A9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#3A9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DC6

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DC6	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.109 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad7',
    500: '#3a9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dc6;
$custom-light: #82bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.571,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65607,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DC6

secondary

#CDA18F

accent

#7549DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DC6

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

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