#38698E#38698E

#38698E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.080 H 243.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38698E
RGB	rgb(56, 105, 142)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, -4.86, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 25.79, 259.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.29% -0.036 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(50.29% 0.08 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5631, 12.8958, 27.4657)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38698E #8E5D38

analogous

#388E88 #38698E #383E8E

triadic

#38698E #8E3869 #698E38

tetradic

#38698E #88388E #8E5D38 #3E8E38

square

#38698E #88388E #8E5D38 #3E8E38

split-complementary

#38698E #8E383E #8E8838

monochromatic

#152836 #274962 #38698E #4B89B8 #77A6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#38698E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#38698E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38698E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38698E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38698E	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38698e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 105, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.080 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7693af',
    500: '#38698e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38698e;
$custom-light: #7693af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38698e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.814,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50286,
    "c": 0.07968,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38698E

secondary

#B28C6F

accent

#8B55D3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38698E

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

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