#3C859E#3C859E

#3C859E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.082 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C859E
RGB	rgb(60, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -14.91, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 25.06, 233.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0592 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.082 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4201, 20.2027, 35.3753)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C859E #9E553C

analogous

#3C9E86 #3C859E #3C549E

triadic

#3C859E #9E3C85 #859E3C

tetradic

#3C859E #863C9E #9E553C #549E3C

square

#3C859E #863C9E #9E553C #549E3C

split-complementary

#3C859E #9E3C54 #9E863C

monochromatic

#1A3A45 #2B6072 #3C859E #58A5BF #84BDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#3C859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#3C859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C859E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C859E	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77829F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.082 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca8ba',
    500: '#3c859e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c859e;
$custom-light: #7ca8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.306,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58072,
    "c": 0.08155,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C859E

secondary

#BA8B7B

accent

#7453D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C859E

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

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