#3AAED9#3AAED9

#3AAED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AAED9
RGB	rgb(58, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -18.13, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 35.89, 239.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0803 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.118 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4003, 36.1779, 71.0657)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AAED9 #D9653A

analogous

#3AD9B4 #3AAED9 #3A5FD9

triadic

#3AAED9 #D93AAE #AED93A

tetradic

#3AAED9 #B43AD9 #D9653A #5FD93A

square

#3AAED9 #B43AD9 #D9653A #5FD93A

split-complementary

#3AAED9 #D93A5F #D9B43A

monochromatic

#196480 #238CB3 #3AAED9 #6DC3E3 #A1D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3AAED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#3AAED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AAED9

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AAED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AAED9	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3aaed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6e5',
    500: '#3aaed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3aaed9;
$custom-light: #85c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3aaed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.226,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70491,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AAED9

secondary

#D9A895

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AAED9

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

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