#3C899F#3C899F

#3C899F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.082 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C899F
RGB	rgb(60, 137, 159)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -16.78, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 25.18, 228.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0633 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.082 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0646, 21.3534, 36.0165)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C899F #9F523C

analogous

#3C9F83 #3C899F #3C589F

triadic

#3C899F #9F3C89 #899F3C

tetradic

#3C899F #833C9F #9F523C #589F3C

square

#3C899F #833C9F #9F523C #589F3C

split-complementary

#3C899F #9F3C58 #9F833C

monochromatic

#1A3C46 #2B6373 #3C899F #58A9C0 #85C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#3C899F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#3C899F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C899F

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C899F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C899F	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c899f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 137, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.082 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cabbb',
    500: '#3c899f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c899f;
$custom-light: #7cabbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c899f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 45.205,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.591,
    "c": 0.08204,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C899F

secondary

#BB8A7C

accent

#7053D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C899F

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

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