#38404A#38404A

#38404A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.020 H 254.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38404A
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 74)
HSL	hsl(213, 14%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(213, 24%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.74, -0.70, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.74, 7.20, 264.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% -0.0056 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.02 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7000, 5.0018, 7.1951)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38404A #4A4238

analogous

#38494A #38404A #39384A

triadic

#38404A #4A3840 #404A38

tetradic

#38404A #4A3849 #4A4238 #384A39

square

#38404A #4A3849 #4A4238 #384A39

split-complementary

#38404A #4A3938 #494A38

monochromatic

#0D0F11 #1E2227 #38404A #525E6D #6D7C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#38404A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#38404A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38404A

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38404A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38404A	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D404B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38404a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.020 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f747c',
    500: '#38404a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38404a;
$custom-light: #6f747c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38404a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 13.846,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36812,
    "c": 0.02029,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38404A

secondary

#7A7064

accent

#9871B7

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#ECEDEE

border

#C7C8C9

text

#070809

muted

#7A7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38404A

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

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