#3C5259#3C5259

#3C5259 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.029 H 219.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C5259
RGB	rgb(60, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(194, 19%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(194, 33%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, -6.49, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 9.41, 226.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% -0.0227 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.029 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6834, 7.7162, 10.5865)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C5259 #59433C

analogous

#3C5952 #3C5259 #3C4459

triadic

#3C5259 #593C52 #52593C

tetradic

#3C5259 #523C59 #59433C #44593C

square

#3C5259 #523C59 #59433C #44593C

split-complementary

#3C5259 #593C44 #59523C

monochromatic

#0C1112 #233034 #3C5259 #55747E #70949F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#3C5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#3C5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C5259

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C5259	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.029 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#728287',
    500: '#3c5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c5259;
$custom-light: #728287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 19.463,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4232,
    "c": 0.02935,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C5259

secondary

#897068

accent

#7F6CBC

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#080A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C5259

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

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