#3A9DC8#3A9DC8

#3A9DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.110 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DC8
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, -14.64, -30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 33.73, 244.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0698 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.11 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2230, 29.1809, 58.9882)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DC8 #C8653A

analogous

#3AC8AC #3A9DC8 #3A56C8

triadic

#3A9DC8 #C83A9D #9DC83A

tetradic

#3A9DC8 #AC3AC8 #C8653A #56C83A

square

#3A9DC8 #AC3AC8 #C8653A #56C83A

split-complementary

#3A9DC8 #C83A56 #C8AC3A

monochromatic

#1E536A #2B789A #3A9DC8 #6AB5D5 #9ACDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#3A9DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#3A9DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DC8

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DC8	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.110 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad9',
    500: '#3a9dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dc8;
$custom-light: #82bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.169,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65699,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DC8

secondary

#CEA28F

accent

#7648E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DC8

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

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