#3A798E#3A798E

#3A798E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.072 H 222.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A798E
RGB	rgb(58, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, -13.75, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 22.28, 231.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% -0.0533 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.072 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.4629, 16.5260, 28.0663)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A798E #8E4F3A

analogous

#3A8E79 #3A798E #3A4F8E

triadic

#3A798E #8E3A79 #798E3A

tetradic

#3A798E #793A8E #8E4F3A #4F8E3A

square

#3A798E #793A8E #8E4F3A #4F8E3A

split-complementary

#3A798E #8E3A4F #8E793A

monochromatic

#172F37 #285463 #3A798E #4E9DB7 #7AB5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#3A798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#3A798E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A798E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A798E	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.072 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789faf',
    500: '#3a798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a798e;
$custom-light: #789faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 42,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54323,
    "c": 0.0722,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A798E

secondary

#B28272

accent

#7556D2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#090E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A798E

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

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