#3A9DC9#3A9DC9

#3A9DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.111 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DC9
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -14.30, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 34.03, 245.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.0695 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.111 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3403, 29.2278, 59.6057)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DC9 #C9663A

analogous

#3AC9AE #3A9DC9 #3A55C9

triadic

#3A9DC9 #C93A9D #9DC93A

tetradic

#3A9DC9 #AE3AC9 #C9663A #55C93A

square

#3A9DC9 #AE3AC9 #C9663A #55C93A

split-complementary

#3A9DC9 #C93A55 #C9AE3A

monochromatic

#1D536B #2B799B #3A9DC9 #6AB5D6 #9ACDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#3A9DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#3A9DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DC9

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DC9	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.111 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad9',
    500: '#3a9dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dc9;
$custom-light: #82bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65745,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DC9

secondary

#CFA390

accent

#7748E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DC9

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

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