#384E56#384E56

#384E56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.030 H 222.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#384E56
RGB	rgb(56, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(196, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(196, 35%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, -6.22, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 9.70, 230.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% -0.0223 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.03 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0344, 6.9611, 9.8280)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#384E56 #564038

analogous

#38564F #384E56 #383F56

triadic

#384E56 #56384E #4E5638

tetradic

#384E56 #4F3856 #564038 #3F5638

square

#384E56 #4F3856 #564038 #3F5638

split-complementary

#384E56 #56383F #564F38

monochromatic

#0C1113 #202C31 #384E56 #50707B #6A909E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#384E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#384E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #384E56

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##384E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##384E56	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #384e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.030 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707f85',
    500: '#384e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #384e56;
$custom-light: #707f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#384e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 21.127,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40893,
    "c": 0.03023,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#384E56

secondary

#866D64

accent

#806ABE

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#ECEEEF

border

#C7C9CA

text

#070A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #384E56

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

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