#38424C#38424C

#38424C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.022 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38424C
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 76)
HSL	hsl(210, 15%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(210, 26%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.46, -1.45, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.46, 7.53, 258.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% -0.008 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.022 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8832, 5.2588, 7.5938)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38424C #4C4238

analogous

#384C4C #38424C #38384C

triadic

#38424C #4C3842 #424C38

tetradic

#38424C #4C384C #4C4238 #384C38

square

#38424C #4C384C #4C4238 #384C38

split-complementary

#38424C #4C3838 #4C4C38

monochromatic

#0D0F12 #1E2329 #38424C #52616F #6C7F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#38424C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#38424C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38424C

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38424C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38424C	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E424D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C404C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38424c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.022 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f767e',
    500: '#38424c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38424c;
$custom-light: #6f767e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38424c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 15.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37403,
    "c": 0.02167,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38424C

secondary

#7C7064

accent

#9470B8

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#ECEDEE

border

#C7C8C9

text

#070809

muted

#7A7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38424C

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

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