#38516E#38516E

#38516E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.057 H 252.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38516E
RGB	rgb(56, 81, 110)
HSL	hsl(212, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 26.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, -0.72, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 19.64, 267.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% -0.017 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.057 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3868, 7.8509, 15.8750)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38516E #6E5538

analogous

#386C6E #38516E #3A386E

triadic

#38516E #6E3851 #516E38

tetradic

#38516E #6E386C #6E5538 #386E3A

square

#38516E #6E386C #6E5538 #386E3A

split-complementary

#38516E #6E3A38 #6C6E38

monochromatic

#0F151D #233345 #38516E #4D6F97 #6C8EB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#38516E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#38516E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38516E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38516E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38516E	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46526F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4D6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38516e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 81, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.057 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#728197',
    500: '#38516e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38516e;
$custom-light: #728197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38516e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.222,
    "s": 32.53,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42763,
    "c": 0.05734,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38516E

secondary

#9E8364

accent

#985FC9

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EDEEF2

border

#C8C9CC

text

#080A0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38516E

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