#3A9FBD#3A9FBD

#3A9FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.101 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9FBD
RGB	rgb(58, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -19.31, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 30.78, 231.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.076 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.101 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3246, 29.3673, 52.5734)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9FBD #BD583A

analogous

#3ABD99 #3A9FBD #3A5EBD

triadic

#3A9FBD #BD3A9F #9FBD3A

tetradic

#3A9FBD #993ABD #BD583A #5EBD3A

square

#3A9FBD #993ABD #BD583A #5EBD3A

split-complementary

#3A9FBD #BD3A5E #BD993A

monochromatic

#1D505F #2C788E #3A9FBD #65B7D0 #93CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#3A9FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#3A9FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9FBD

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9FBD	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	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)

#8D9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.101 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbd1',
    500: '#3a9fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9fbd;
$custom-light: #81bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.74,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65686,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9FBD

secondary

#C9988A

accent

#6D4BDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9FBD

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

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