#3E798F#3E798F

#3E798F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.070 H 224.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E798F
RGB	rgb(62, 121, 143)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, -12.57, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 21.79, 234.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% -0.0499 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.07 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7800, 16.6808, 28.4748)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3E798F #8F543E

analogous

#3E8F7C #3E798F #3E518F

triadic

#3E798F #8F3E79 #798F3E

tetradic

#3E798F #7C3E8F #8F543E #518F3E

square

#3E798F #7C3E8F #8F543E #518F3E

split-complementary

#3E798F #8F3E51 #8F7C3E

monochromatic

#19313A #2B5564 #3E798F #559BB5 #80B4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#3E798F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#3E798F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E798F

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E798F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E798F	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e798f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 121, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.070 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a9faf',
    500: '#3e798f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e798f;
$custom-light: #7a9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e798f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.296,
    "s": 39.512,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54539,
    "c": 0.07026,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E798F

secondary

#B28777

accent

#7958CF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E798F

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

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