from typing import Optional
import collections


def parse_content_type(c: str) -> Optional[tuple[str, str, dict[str, str]]]:
    """
    A simple parser for content-type values. Returns a (type, subtype,
    parameters) tuple, where type and subtype are strings, and parameters
    is a dict. If the string could not be parsed, return None.

    E.g. the following string:

        text/html; charset=UTF-8

    Returns:

        ("text", "html", {"charset": "UTF-8"})
    """
    parts = c.split(";", 1)
    ts = parts[0].split("/", 1)
    if len(ts) != 2:
        return None
    d = collections.OrderedDict()
    if len(parts) == 2:
        for i in parts[1].split(";"):
            clause = i.split("=", 1)
            if len(clause) == 2:
                d[clause[0].strip()] = clause[1].strip()
    return ts[0].lower(), ts[1].lower(), d