#3C859C#3C859C

#3C859C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.080 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C859C
RGB	rgb(60, 133, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, -15.55, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 24.63, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% -0.06 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.08 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2494, 20.1344, 34.4760)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C859C #9C533C

analogous

#3C9C83 #3C859C #3C559C

triadic

#3C859C #9C3C85 #859C3C

tetradic

#3C859C #833C9C #9C533C #559C3C

square

#3C859C #833C9C #9C533C #559C3C

split-complementary

#3C859C #9C3C55 #9C833C

monochromatic

#1A3A44 #2B5F70 #3C859C #57A6BE #83BDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#3C859C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#3C859C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C859C

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C859C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C859C	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77829D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c859c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 133, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.080 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba8b9',
    500: '#3c859c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c859c;
$custom-light: #7ba8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c859c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.375,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57985,
    "c": 0.08014,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C859C

secondary

#B98A7A

accent

#7254D4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C859C

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

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