#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
RGBrgb(56, 81, 110)
HSLhsl(212, 33%, 33%)
HSVhsv(212, 49%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(49.1%, 26.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LABlab(33.67, -0.72, -19.63)
CIE-LCHlch(33.67, 19.64, 267.89°)
OKLaboklab(42.76% -0.017 -0.0548)
OKLCHoklch(42.76% 0.057 252.8)
XYZxyz(7.3868, 7.8509, 15.8750)
Luminance0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38516E1.008.172.578.17
#FFFFFF8.171.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.171.0021.001.00

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

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#38516E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva