#3C8B9B#3C8B9B

#3C8B9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.080 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8B9B
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 155)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -19.11, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 24.77, 219.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0672 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.08 213)
XYZ	xyz(17.0101, 21.7907, 34.3136)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8B9B #9B4C3C

analogous

#3C9B7B #3C8B9B #3C5C9B

triadic

#3C8B9B #9B3C8B #8B9B3C

tetradic

#3C8B9B #7B3C9B #9B4C3C #5C9B3C

square

#3C8B9B #7B3C9B #9B4C3C #5C9B3C

split-complementary

#3C8B9B #9B3C5C #9B7B3C

monochromatic

#1A3C43 #2B636F #3C8B9B #56ACBE #83C2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#3C8B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#3C8B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8B9B

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8B9B	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.080 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadb8',
    500: '#3c8b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8b9b;
$custom-light: #7cadb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.105,
    "s": 44.186,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59428,
    "c": 0.08012,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.21792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8B9B

secondary

#B9857A

accent

#6954D4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8B9B

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

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