#3C879B#3C879B

#3C879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.080 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C879B
RGB	rgb(60, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -16.96, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 24.46, 226.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% -0.0627 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.08 218)
XYZ	xyz(16.4415, 20.6535, 34.1240)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C879B #9B503C

analogous

#3C9B80 #3C879B #3C579B

triadic

#3C879B #9B3C87 #879B3C

tetradic

#3C879B #803C9B #9B503C #579B3C

square

#3C879B #803C9B #9B503C #579B3C

split-complementary

#3C879B #9B3C57 #9B803C

monochromatic

#1A3A43 #2B616F #3C879B #56A8BE #83BFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#3C879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#3C879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C879B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C879B	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.080 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caab8',
    500: '#3c879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c879b;
$custom-light: #7caab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 44.186,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58437,
    "c": 0.07953,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.20655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C879B

secondary

#B9877A

accent

#6F54D4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C879B

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

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