#38596F#38596F

#38596F is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.053 H 238.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38596F
RGB	rgb(56, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(204, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(204, 50%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, -5.39, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 17.16, 251.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% -0.0274 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.053 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0715, 9.1326, 16.3733)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38596F #6F4E38

analogous

#386F69 #38596F #383D6F

triadic

#38596F #6F3859 #596F38

tetradic

#38596F #69386F #6F4E38 #3D6F38

square

#38596F #69386F #6F4E38 #3D6F38

split-complementary

#38596F #6F383D #6F6938

monochromatic

#0F181E #233846 #38596F #4D7A98 #6C98B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#38596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#38596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38596F

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38596F	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48536F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F5F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.053 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#728798',
    500: '#38596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38596f;
$custom-light: #728798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 32.934,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44801,
    "c": 0.0529,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38596F

secondary

#9E7C64

accent

#895FC9

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF2

border

#C8CACC

text

#080B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38596F

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

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