#3C879C#3C879C

#3C879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.080 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C879C
RGB	rgb(60, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, -16.64, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 24.63, 227.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0622 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.08 219)
XYZ	xyz(16.5258, 20.6872, 34.5682)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C879C #9C513C

analogous

#3C9C81 #3C879C #3C579C

triadic

#3C879C #9C3C87 #879C3C

tetradic

#3C879C #813C9C #9C513C #579C3C

square

#3C879C #813C9C #9C513C #579C3C

split-complementary

#3C879C #9C3C57 #9C813C

monochromatic

#1A3B44 #2B6170 #3C879C #57A8BE #83BFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#3C879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#3C879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C879C

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C879C	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A839D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.080 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caab9',
    500: '#3c879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c879c;
$custom-light: #7caab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58479,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.20689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C879C

secondary

#B9887A

accent

#7054D4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C879C

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

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