#38697E#38697E

#38697E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.063 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38697E
RGB	rgb(56, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, -10.15, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 19.59, 238.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% -0.0421 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.063 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4469, 12.4494, 21.5871)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38697E #7E4D38

analogous

#387E70 #38697E #38467E

triadic

#38697E #7E3869 #697E38

tetradic

#38697E #70387E #7E4D38 #467E38

square

#38697E #70387E #7E4D38 #467E38

split-complementary

#38697E #7E3846 #7E7038

monochromatic

#122229 #254654 #38697E #4B8CA8 #71A8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#38697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#38697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38697E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38697E	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E677F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54607E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#056F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.063 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7493a3',
    500: '#38697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38697e;
$custom-light: #7493a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49517,
    "c": 0.06274,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38697E

secondary

#A97C69

accent

#7D59CE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F3

border

#C8CBCD

text

#090D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38697E

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

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