#3C8596#3C8596

#3C8596 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.077 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8596
RGB	rgb(60, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -17.44, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 23.63, 222.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0625 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.077 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7538, 19.9362, 31.8661)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8596 #964D3C

analogous

#3C967A #3C8596 #3C5896

triadic

#3C8596 #963C85 #85963C

tetradic

#3C8596 #7A3C96 #964D3C #58963C

square

#3C8596 #7A3C96 #964D3C #58963C

split-complementary

#3C8596 #963C58 #967A3C

monochromatic

#19373F #2B5E6A #3C8596 #54A7BB #80BECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#3C8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#3C8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8596

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8596	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.077 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba8b4',
    500: '#3c8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8596;
$custom-light: #7ba8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57732,
    "c": 0.07655,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8596

secondary

#B68378

accent

#6D55D3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8596

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

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