#38495C#38495C

#38495C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.039 H 251.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38495C
RGB	rgb(56, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(212, 24%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, -1.30, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 13.42, 264.44°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% -0.0123 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.039 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9446, 6.3782, 11.0410)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38495C #5C4B38

analogous

#385B5C #38495C #39385C

triadic

#38495C #5C3849 #495C38

tetradic

#38495C #5C385B #5C4B38 #385C39

square

#38495C #5C385B #5C4B38 #385C39

split-complementary

#38495C #5C3938 #5B5C38

monochromatic

#0C0F13 #212B36 #38495C #4F6782 #6A86A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#38495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#38495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38495C

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38495C	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42495D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E465C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.039 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707b8a',
    500: '#38495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38495c;
$custom-light: #707b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39889,
    "c": 0.03887,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38495C

secondary

#8C7963

accent

#9667C1

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#ECEDF0

border

#C7C8CB

text

#07090B

muted

#7A7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38495C

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

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