#38596E#38596E

#38596E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.052 H 237.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38596E
RGB	rgb(56, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(203, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.20, -5.71, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.20, 16.74, 250.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% -0.0278 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.052 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0167, 9.1107, 16.0849)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38596E #6E4D38

analogous

#386E68 #38596E #383E6E

triadic

#38596E #6E3859 #596E38

tetradic

#38596E #68386E #6E4D38 #3E6E38

square

#38596E #68386E #6E4D38 #3E6E38

split-complementary

#38596E #6E383E #6E6838

monochromatic

#0F171D #233845 #38596E #4D7A97 #6C98B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#38596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#38596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38596E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38596E	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50586F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48536E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#205E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.052 237.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 32.53,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44754,
    "c": 0.05178,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38596E

secondary

#9E7B64

accent

#885FC9

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF2

border

#C8CACC

text

#080B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38596E

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

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