#38596D#38596D

#38596D is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.051 H 236.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38596D
RGB	rgb(56, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(203, 32%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, -6.03, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 16.33, 248.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% -0.0282 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.051 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9626, 9.0891, 15.7998)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38596D #6D4C38

analogous

#386D67 #38596D #383E6D

triadic

#38596D #6D3859 #596D38

tetradic

#38596D #67386D #6D4C38 #3E6D38

square

#38596D #67386D #6D4C38 #3E6D38

split-complementary

#38596D #6D383E #6D6738

monochromatic

#0E171C #233845 #38596D #4D7A95 #6C98B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#38596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#38596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38596D

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38596D	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50586E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48536D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#205E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.051 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#728797',
    500: '#38596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38596d;
$custom-light: #728797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.642,
    "s": 32.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44708,
    "c": 0.05067,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38596D

secondary

#9D7964

accent

#8760C8

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF2

border

#C8CACC

text

#080B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38596D

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

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