#3C899C#3C899C

#3C899C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.080 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C899C
RGB	rgb(60, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(192, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -17.73, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 24.71, 224.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0645 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.08 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8075, 21.2506, 34.6621)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C899C #9C4F3C

analogous

#3C9C7F #3C899C #3C599C

triadic

#3C899C #9C3C89 #899C3C

tetradic

#3C899C #7F3C9C #9C4F3C #599C3C

square

#3C899C #7F3C9C #9C4F3C #599C3C

split-complementary

#3C899C #9C3C59 #9C7F3C

monochromatic

#1A3B44 #2B6270 #3C899C #57AABE #83C0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#3C899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#3C899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C899C

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C899C	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.080 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cabb9',
    500: '#3c899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c899c;
$custom-light: #7cabb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.875,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58973,
    "c": 0.08028,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C899C

secondary

#B9877A

accent

#6D54D4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C899C

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

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