#3AA9CD#3AA9CD

#3AA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.111 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AA9CD
RGB	rgb(58, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -19.41, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 33.54, 234.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0799 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.111 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9478, 33.6801, 62.8265)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AA9CD #CD5E3A

analogous

#3ACDA8 #3AA9CD #3A60CD

triadic

#3AA9CD #CD3AA9 #A9CD3A

tetradic

#3AA9CD #A83ACD #CD5E3A #60CD3A

square

#3AA9CD #A83ACD #CD5E3A #60CD3A

split-complementary

#3AA9CD #CD3A60 #CDA83A

monochromatic

#1C5C70 #2984A1 #3AA9CD #6BBED9 #9CD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#3AA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#3AA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AA9CD

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AA9CD	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3aa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.111 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2dc',
    500: '#3aa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3aa9cd;
$custom-light: #83c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3aa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68777,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AA9CD

secondary

#D2A191

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AA9CD

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

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