#3A9EC4#3A9EC4

#3A9EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.107 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9EC4
RGB	rgb(58, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, -16.50, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 32.44, 239.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.0723 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.107 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9316, 29.3361, 56.6150)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9EC4 #C4603A

analogous

#3AC4A5 #3A9EC4 #3A59C4

triadic

#3A9EC4 #C43A9E #9EC43A

tetradic

#3A9EC4 #A53AC4 #C4603A #59C43A

square

#3A9EC4 #A53AC4 #C4603A #59C43A

split-complementary

#3A9EC4 #C43A59 #C4A53A

monochromatic

#1E5266 #2C7895 #3A9EC4 #69B5D3 #98CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#3A9EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#3A9EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9EC4

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9EC4	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.107 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad6',
    500: '#3a9ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9ec4;
$custom-light: #81bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65754,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9EC4

secondary

#CC9F8E

accent

#734ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9EC4

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

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