#3A879E#3A879E

#3A879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.083 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A879E
RGB	rgb(58, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, -16.39, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 25.32, 229.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0627 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.083 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5780, 20.6944, 35.4619)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A879E #9E513A

analogous

#3A9E83 #3A879E #3A559E

triadic

#3A879E #9E3A87 #879E3A

tetradic

#3A879E #833A9E #9E513A #559E3A

square

#3A879E #833A9E #9E513A #559E3A

split-complementary

#3A879E #9E3A55 #9E833A

monochromatic

#193B44 #2A6171 #3A879E #55A8C0 #81BFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#3A879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#3A879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A879E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A879E	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.083 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baaba',
    500: '#3a879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a879e;
$custom-light: #7baaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58491,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A879E

secondary

#BB8879

accent

#7052D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A879E

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

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