#3B799D#3B799D

#3B799D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.085 H 236.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B799D
RGB	rgb(59, 121, 157)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, -8.65, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 26.78, 251.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% -0.0468 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.085 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.7245, 17.0374, 34.4043)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B799D #9D5F3B

analogous

#3B9D90 #3B799D #3B489D

triadic

#3B799D #9D3B79 #799D3B

tetradic

#3B799D #903B9D #9D5F3B #489D3B

square

#3B799D #903B9D #9D5F3B #489D3B

split-complementary

#3B799D #9D3B48 #9D903B

monochromatic

#1A3444 #2A5771 #3B799D #5699BF #82B4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#3B799D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#3B799D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B799D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B799D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B799D	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68789F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b799d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 121, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.085 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a9fba',
    500: '#3b799d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b799d;
$custom-light: #7a9fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b799d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.041,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55054,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B799D

secondary

#BA917A

accent

#8353D5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B799D

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

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