#3A9EC9#3A9EC9

#3A9EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.111 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9EC9
RGB	rgb(58, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -14.85, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 33.85, 243.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0705 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.111 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5102, 29.5675, 59.6624)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9EC9 #C9653A

analogous

#3AC9AC #3A9EC9 #3A56C9

triadic

#3A9EC9 #C93A9E #9EC93A

tetradic

#3A9EC9 #AC3AC9 #C9653A #56C93A

square

#3A9EC9 #AC3AC9 #C9653A #56C93A

split-complementary

#3A9EC9 #C93A56 #C9AC3A

monochromatic

#1D546B #2B799B #3A9EC9 #6AB6D6 #9ACDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#3A9EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#3A9EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9EC9

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9EC9	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.111 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad9',
    500: '#3a9ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9ec9;
$custom-light: #82bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.042,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65982,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9EC9

secondary

#CFA390

accent

#7548E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9EC9

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

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