#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
RGBrgb(56, 85, 125)
HSLhsl(215, 38%, 35%)
HSVhsv(215, 55%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(55.2%, 32%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(35.63, 1.75, -25.88)
CIE-LCHlch(35.63, 25.94, 273.86°)
OKLaboklab(44.54% -0.0173 -0.0728)
OKLCHoklch(44.54% 0.075 256.6)
XYZxyz(8.5798, 8.8178, 20.6479)
Luminance0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38557D1.007.602.767.60
#FFFFFF7.601.0021.001.00
#0000002.7621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.601.0021.001.00

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

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#38557D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva