#3979A6#3979A6

#3979A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.096 H 242.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3979A6
RGB	rgb(57, 121, 166)
HSL	hsl(205, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, -5.97, -30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 30.70, 258.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% -0.0451 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.096 242)
XYZ	xyz(15.4050, 17.2962, 38.5956)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3979A6 #A66639

analogous

#39A69C #3979A6 #3942A6

triadic

#3979A6 #A63979 #79A639

tetradic

#3979A6 #9C39A6 #A66639 #42A639

square

#3979A6 #9C39A6 #A66639 #42A639

split-complementary

#3979A6 #A63942 #A69C39

monochromatic

#1A374B #295878 #3979A6 #5798C5 #84B4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#3979A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#3979A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3979A6

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3979A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3979A6	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6579A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3979a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 121, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.096 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9fc0',
    500: '#3979a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3979a6;
$custom-light: #7b9fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3979a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.771,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55421,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.17298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3979A6

secondary

#BF987C

accent

#884FD8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3979A6

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

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