#38444E#38444E

#38444E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.023 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38444E
RGB	rgb(56, 68, 78)
HSL	hsl(207, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(207, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, -2.18, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 7.92, 254.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38% -0.0103 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.023 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0728, 5.5249, 8.0054)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38444E #4E4238

analogous

#384E4D #38444E #38394E

triadic

#38444E #4E3844 #444E38

tetradic

#38444E #4D384E #4E4238 #394E38

square

#38444E #4D384E #4E4238 #394E38

split-complementary

#38444E #4E3839 #4E4D38

monochromatic

#0D1012 #1E252A #38444E #526372 #6B8295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#38444E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#38444E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38444E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38444E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38444E	1.00	9.98	2.11	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40444F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D414E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38444e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 68, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.023 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f777f',
    500: '#38444e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38444e;
$custom-light: #6f777f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38444e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37996,
    "c": 0.0232,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38444E

secondary

#7E7064

accent

#916FB9

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#ECEDEE

border

#C7C8C9

text

#07080A

muted

#7A7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38444E

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

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