#3B799B#3B799B

#3B799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.083 H 235.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B799B
RGB	rgb(59, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, -9.32, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 26.03, 249.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% -0.0475 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.083 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5551, 16.9697, 33.5124)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B799B #9B5D3B

analogous

#3B9B8D #3B799B #3B499B

triadic

#3B799B #9B3B79 #799B3B

tetradic

#3B799B #8D3B9B #9B5D3B #499B3B

square

#3B799B #8D3B9B #9B5D3B #499B3B

split-complementary

#3B799B #9B3B49 #9B8D3B

monochromatic

#193442 #2A566F #3B799B #5599BE #81B4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#3B799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#3B799B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B799B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B799B	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69789D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.083 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a9fb8',
    500: '#3b799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b799b;
$custom-light: #7a9fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.25,
    "s": 44.86,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54958,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B799B

secondary

#B99079

accent

#8153D5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B799B

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

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