#3A9DCD#3A9DCD

#3A9DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.115 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9DCD
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -12.96, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 35.32, 248.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0681 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.115 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8170, 29.4184, 62.1162)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9DCD #CD6A3A

analogous

#3ACDB4 #3A9DCD #3A54CD

triadic

#3A9DCD #CD3A9D #9DCD3A

tetradic

#3A9DCD #B43ACD #CD6A3A #54CD3A

square

#3A9DCD #B43ACD #CD6A3A #54CD3A

split-complementary

#3A9DCD #CD3A54 #CDB43A

monochromatic

#1C5570 #297AA1 #3A9DCD #6BB5D9 #9CCEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#3A9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#3A9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9DCD

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9DCD	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.115 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9dc',
    500: '#3a9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9dcd;
$custom-light: #83b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65934,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9DCD

secondary

#D2A691

accent

#7945E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9DCD

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

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