#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
RGBrgb(58, 174, 217)
HSLhsl(196, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(196, 73%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.66, -18.13, -30.98)
CIE-LCHlch(66.66, 35.89, 239.67°)
OKLaboklab(70.49% -0.0803 -0.0869)
OKLCHoklch(70.49% 0.118 227.2)
XYZxyz(29.4003, 36.1779, 71.0657)
Luminance0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##3AAED91.002.558.248.24
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2421.001.001.00
##0000008.2421.001.001.00

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

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#3AAED9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva