#3C799F#3C799F

#3C799F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.087 H 238.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C799F
RGB	rgb(60, 121, 159)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, -7.79, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 27.45, 253.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% -0.0453 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.087 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9565, 17.1372, 35.3138)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C799F #9F623C

analogous

#3C9F93 #3C799F #3C489F

triadic

#3C799F #9F3C79 #799F3C

tetradic

#3C799F #933C9F #9F623C #489F3C

square

#3C799F #933C9F #9F623C #489F3C

split-complementary

#3C799F #9F3C48 #9F933C

monochromatic

#1A3546 #2B5773 #3C799F #5898C0 #85B4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#3C799F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#3C799F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C799F

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C799F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C799F	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6879A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c799f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 121, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.087 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9fbb',
    500: '#3c799f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c799f;
$custom-light: #7b9fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c799f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.03,
    "s": 45.205,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55193,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C799F

secondary

#BB947C

accent

#8553D5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C799F

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

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