#3A9EC3#3A9EC3

#3A9EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.106 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9EC3
RGB	rgb(58, 158, 195)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 19%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -16.83, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 32.18, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0727 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.106 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8181, 29.2907, 56.0176)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9EC3 #C35F3A

analogous

#3AC3A3 #3A9EC3 #3A5AC3

triadic

#3A9EC3 #C33A9E #9EC33A

tetradic

#3A9EC3 #A33AC3 #C35F3A #5AC33A

square

#3A9EC3 #A33AC3 #C35F3A #5AC33A

split-complementary

#3A9EC3 #C33A5A #C3A33A

monochromatic

#1E5265 #2C7894 #3A9EC3 #68B5D2 #97CCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#3A9EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#3A9EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9EC3

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9EC3	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 158, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.106 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad5',
    500: '#3a9ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9ec3;
$custom-light: #81bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65709,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9EC3

secondary

#CC9E8D

accent

#724ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9EC3

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

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