#38596C#38596C

#38596C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.050 H 234.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38596C
RGB	rgb(56, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(202, 32%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(202, 48%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.11, -6.34, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.11, 15.93, 246.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% -0.0286 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.05 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9091, 9.0677, 15.5179)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38596C #6C4B38

analogous

#386C65 #38596C #383F6C

triadic

#38596C #6C3859 #596C38

tetradic

#38596C #65386C #6C4B38 #3F6C38

square

#38596C #65386C #6C4B38 #3F6C38

split-complementary

#38596C #6C383F #6C6538

monochromatic

#0E171B #233844 #38596C #4D7A94 #6C99B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#38596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#38596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38596C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38596C	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50586D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49526C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#215E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.050 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#728796',
    500: '#38596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38596c;
$custom-light: #728796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.923,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44662,
    "c": 0.0496,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38596C

secondary

#9C7864

accent

#8660C8

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF1

border

#C8CACB

text

#080B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38596C

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

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