#3799C3#3799C3

#3799C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.109 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3799C3
RGB	rgb(55, 153, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -14.54, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 33.23, 244.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0692 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.109 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8132, 27.5322, 55.7311)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3799C3 #C36137

analogous

#37C3A7 #3799C3 #3753C3

triadic

#3799C3 #C33799 #99C337

tetradic

#3799C3 #A737C3 #C36137 #53C337

square

#3799C3 #A737C3 #C36137 #53C337

split-complementary

#3799C3 #C33753 #C3A737

monochromatic

#1C4E64 #2A7493 #3799C3 #64B2D3 #94CAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#3799C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#3799C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3799C3

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3799C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3799C3	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8497C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7189C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3799c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 153, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.109 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7d5',
    500: '#3799c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3799c3;
$custom-light: #80b7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3799c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6443,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3799C3

secondary

#CC9E8A

accent

#7649DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3799C3

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

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