#3C799C#3C799C

#3C799C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.083 H 236.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C799C
RGB	rgb(60, 121, 156)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, -8.79, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 26.28, 250.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% -0.0464 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.083 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6993, 17.0343, 33.9593)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C799C #9C5F3C

analogous

#3C9C8F #3C799C #3C499C

triadic

#3C799C #9C3C79 #799C3C

tetradic

#3C799C #8F3C9C #9C5F3C #499C3C

square

#3C799C #8F3C9C #9C5F3C #499C3C

split-complementary

#3C799C #9C3C49 #9C8F3C

monochromatic

#1A3444 #2B5770 #3C799C #5799BE #83B4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#3C799C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#3C799C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C799C

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C799C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C799C	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)

#69789E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c799c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 121, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.083 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9fb9',
    500: '#3c799c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c799c;
$custom-light: #7b9fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c799c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.875,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55047,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C799C

secondary

#B9917A

accent

#8254D4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C799C

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

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