#378EAE#378EAE

#378EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.095 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#378EAE
RGB	rgb(55, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, -15.52, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 28.93, 237.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0658 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.095 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8855, 23.2121, 43.5213)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#378EAE #AE5737

analogous

#37AE92 #378EAE #3753AE

triadic

#378EAE #AE378E #8EAE37

tetradic

#378EAE #9237AE #AE5737 #53AE37

square

#378EAE #9237AE #AE5737 #53AE37

split-complementary

#378EAE #AE3753 #AE9237

monochromatic

#1A4251 #28687F #378EAE #58ABCA #86C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#378EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#378EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #378EAE

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##378EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##378EAE	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #378eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.095 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafc6',
    500: '#378eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #378eae;
$custom-light: #7cafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#378eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60813,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#378EAE

secondary

#C3907E

accent

#734CDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #378EAE

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

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