#3A9FC4#3A9FC4

#3A9FC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.106 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9FC4
RGB	rgb(58, 159, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -17.04, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 32.33, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0733 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.106 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1028, 29.6786, 56.6721)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9FC4 #C45F3A

analogous

#3AC4A4 #3A9FC4 #3A5AC4

triadic

#3A9FC4 #C43A9F #9FC43A

tetradic

#3A9FC4 #A43AC4 #C45F3A #5AC43A

square

#3A9FC4 #A43AC4 #C45F3A #5AC43A

split-complementary

#3A9FC4 #C43A5A #C4A43A

monochromatic

#1E5266 #2C7995 #3A9FC4 #69B6D3 #98CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#3A9FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#3A9FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9FC4

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9FC4	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 159, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.106 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbd6',
    500: '#3a9fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9fc4;
$custom-light: #81bbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65993,
    "c": 0.10625,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9FC4

secondary

#CC9E8E

accent

#724ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9FC4

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

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