#3B5259#3B5259

#3B5259 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.030 H 218.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B5259
RGB	rgb(59, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(194, 20%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(194, 34%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, -6.82, -6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 9.72, 225.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% -0.0238 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.03 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6235, 7.6853, 10.5837)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B5259 #59423B

analogous

#3B5951 #3B5259 #3B4359

triadic

#3B5259 #593B52 #52593B

tetradic

#3B5259 #513B59 #59423B #43593B

square

#3B5259 #513B59 #59423B #43593B

split-complementary

#3B5259 #593B43 #59513B

monochromatic

#0C1112 #233034 #3B5259 #53747E #6F949F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#3B5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#3B5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B5259

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B5259	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.030 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#728287',
    500: '#3b5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b5259;
$custom-light: #728287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 20.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42251,
    "c": 0.03038,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B5259

secondary

#896F67

accent

#7E6BBD

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#ECEEEF

border

#C7C9CA

text

#080A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B5259

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

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