#38698B#38698B

#38698B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.076 H 240.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38698B
RGB	rgb(56, 105, 139)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, -5.88, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 24.45, 256.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.0371 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.076 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3409, 12.8070, 26.2954)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38698B #8B5A38

analogous

#388B83 #38698B #38408B

triadic

#38698B #8B3869 #698B38

tetradic

#38698B #83388B #8B5A38 #408B38

square

#38698B #83388B #8B5A38 #408B38

split-complementary

#38698B #8B3840 #8B8338

monochromatic

#152734 #26485F #38698B #4A8AB6 #76A6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#38698B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#38698B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38698B

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38698B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38698B	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A698D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F618A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38698b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 105, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.076 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7693ad',
    500: '#38698b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38698b;
$custom-light: #7693ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38698b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.578,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50134,
    "c": 0.07614,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38698B

secondary

#B1896E

accent

#8955D2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38698B

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

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