#38557D#38557D

#38557D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.075 H 256.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38557D
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 125)
HSL	hsl(215, 38%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(215, 55%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 32%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, 1.75, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 25.94, 273.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% -0.0173 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.075 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5798, 8.8178, 20.6479)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38557D #7D6038

analogous

#38777D #38557D #3D387D

triadic

#38557D #7D3855 #557D38

tetradic

#38557D #7D3877 #7D6038 #387D3D

square

#38557D #7D3877 #7D6038 #387D3D

split-complementary

#38557D #7D3D38 #777D38

monochromatic

#121C28 #253853 #38557D #4B72A7 #7091BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#38557D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#38557D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38557D

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38557D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38557D	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45577F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D517C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#125E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38557d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.075 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7484a3',
    500: '#38557d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38557d;
$custom-light: #7484a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38557d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.783,
    "s": 38.122,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44535,
    "c": 0.07483,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38557D

secondary

#A88D69

accent

#9D5ACE

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF3

border

#C8CACD

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38557D

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

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