#38657E#38657E

#38657E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.064 H 234.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38657E
RGB	rgb(56, 101, 126)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, -7.80, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 20.25, 247.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% -0.0371 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.064 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0491, 11.6536, 21.4544)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38657E #7E5138

analogous

#387E74 #38657E #38427E

triadic

#38657E #7E3865 #657E38

tetradic

#38657E #74387E #7E5138 #427E38

square

#38657E #74387E #7E5138 #427E38

split-complementary

#38657E #7E3842 #7E7438

monochromatic

#122129 #254354 #38657E #4B87A8 #71A3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#38657E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#38657E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38657E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38657E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38657E	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59647F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#086C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38657e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 101, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.064 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7490a3',
    500: '#38657e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38657e;
$custom-light: #7490a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38657e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48514,
    "c": 0.06392,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38657E

secondary

#A98069

accent

#8359CE

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F3

border

#C8CBCD

text

#090C0F

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38657E

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

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