#3C799E#3C799E

#3C799E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.086 H 237.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C799E
RGB	rgb(60, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, -8.12, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 27.05, 252.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% -0.0457 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.086 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8701, 17.1026, 34.8586)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C799E #9E613C

analogous

#3C9E92 #3C799E #3C489E

triadic

#3C799E #9E3C79 #799E3C

tetradic

#3C799E #923C9E #9E613C #489E3C

square

#3C799E #923C9E #9E613C #489E3C

split-complementary

#3C799E #9E3C48 #9E923C

monochromatic

#1A3545 #2B5772 #3C799E #5898BF #84B4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#3C799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#3C799E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C799E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C799E	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6878A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.086 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9fba',
    500: '#3c799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c799e;
$custom-light: #7b9fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.653,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55144,
    "c": 0.08555,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C799E

secondary

#BA937B

accent

#8453D5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C799E

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

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