#38698C#38698C

#38698C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.077 H 241.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38698C
RGB	rgb(56, 105, 140)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 25%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, -5.54, -24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 24.89, 257.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% -0.0367 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.077 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4143, 12.8363, 26.6820)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38698C #8C5B38

analogous

#388C85 #38698C #383F8C

triadic

#38698C #8C3869 #698C38

tetradic

#38698C #85388C #8C5B38 #3F8C38

square

#38698C #85388C #8C5B38 #3F8C38

split-complementary

#38698C #8C383F #8C8538

monochromatic

#152735 #274860 #38698C #4A8AB7 #76A6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#38698C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#38698C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38698C

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38698C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38698C	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59698E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38698c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 105, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.077 241.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38698c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50184,
    "c": 0.07731,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38698C

secondary

#B18A6F

accent

#8955D3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38698C

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

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