#38608B#38608B

#38608B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.083 H 251.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38608B
RGB	rgb(56, 96, 139)
HSL	hsl(211, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 30.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.70, -0.37, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.70, 28.06, 269.24°)
OKLab	oklab(47.95% -0.0264 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(47.95% 0.083 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4723, 11.0697, 26.0059)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38608B #8B6338

analogous

#38898B #38608B #39388B

triadic

#38608B #8B3860 #608B38

tetradic

#38608B #8B3889 #8B6338 #388B39

square

#38608B #8B3889 #8B6338 #388B39

split-complementary

#38608B #8B3938 #898B38

monochromatic

#152434 #26425F #38608B #4A7EB6 #769DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#38608B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#38608B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38608B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38608B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38608B	1.00	6.53	3.21	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E628D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38608b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 96, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.083 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#768cad',
    500: '#38608b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38608b;
$custom-light: #768cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38608b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.084,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47949,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38608B

secondary

#B1916E

accent

#9655D2

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#090C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38608B

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

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