#38557B#38557B

#38557B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.072 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38557B
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 123)
HSL	hsl(214, 37%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(214, 54%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 30.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.53, 1.06, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.53, 24.83, 272.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% -0.0179 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.072 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4533, 8.7672, 19.9818)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38557B #7B5E38

analogous

#38767B #38557B #3D387B

triadic

#38557B #7B3855 #557B38

tetradic

#38557B #7B3876 #7B5E38 #387B3D

square

#38557B #7B3876 #7B5E38 #387B3D

split-complementary

#38557B #7B3D38 #767B38

monochromatic

#121B27 #253851 #38557B #4B72A5 #7091BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#38557B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#38557B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38557B

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38557B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38557B	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46577D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E517A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#155D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38557b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.072 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7384a1',
    500: '#38557b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38557b;
$custom-light: #7384a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38557b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.03,
    "s": 37.43,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44426,
    "c": 0.07195,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38557B

secondary

#A78C68

accent

#9C5ACD

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF2

border

#C8CACC

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38557B

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

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