#38656E#38656E

#38656E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.052 H 211.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38656E
RGB	rgb(56, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(190, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(190, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.04, -12.82, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.04, 16.19, 217.67°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% -0.0438 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.052 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0980, 11.2732, 16.4453)
Luminance	0.1127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38656E #6E4138

analogous

#386E5C #38656E #384A6E

triadic

#38656E #6E3865 #656E38

tetradic

#38656E #5C386E #6E4138 #4A6E38

square

#38656E #5C386E #6E4138 #4A6E38

split-complementary

#38656E #6E384A #6E5C38

monochromatic

#0F1B1D #234045 #38656E #4D8A97 #6CA8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#38656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#38656E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38656E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38656E	1.00	6.45	3.25	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E626F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C6968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.052 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739197',
    500: '#38656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38656e;
$custom-light: #739197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 32.53,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47811,
    "c": 0.05156,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38656E

secondary

#9E6E64

accent

#715FC9

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDF0F2

border

#C8CBCC

text

#080C0D

muted

#7B7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38656E

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

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