#3A9EC8#3A9EC8

#3A9EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.110 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9EC8
RGB	rgb(58, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, -15.18, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 33.55, 243.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0708 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.11 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3929, 29.5206, 59.0449)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9EC8 #C8643A

analogous

#3AC8AB #3A9EC8 #3A57C8

triadic

#3A9EC8 #C83A9E #9EC83A

tetradic

#3A9EC8 #AB3AC8 #C8643A #57C83A

square

#3A9EC8 #AB3AC8 #C8643A #57C83A

split-complementary

#3A9EC8 #C83A57 #C8AB3A

monochromatic

#1E536A #2B799A #3A9EC8 #6AB6D5 #9ACDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#3A9EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#3A9EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9EC8

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9EC8	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.110 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad9',
    500: '#3a9ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9ec8;
$custom-light: #82bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65936,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9EC8

secondary

#CEA28F

accent

#7548E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9EC8

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

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