#38778E#38778E

#38778E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.074 H 224.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38778E
RGB	rgb(56, 119, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, -13.03, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 22.72, 234.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% -0.0524 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.074 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1083, 15.9861, 27.9808)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38778E #8E4F38

analogous

#388E7A #38778E #384C8E

triadic

#38778E #8E3877 #778E38

tetradic

#38778E #7A388E #8E4F38 #4C8E38

square

#38778E #7A388E #8E4F38 #4C8E38

split-complementary

#38778E #8E384C #8E7A38

monochromatic

#152D36 #275262 #38778E #4B9BB8 #77B3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#38778E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#38778E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38778E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38778E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38778E	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A758F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38778e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 119, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.074 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779eaf',
    500: '#38778e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38778e;
$custom-light: #779eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38778e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.047,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53742,
    "c": 0.07367,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38778E

secondary

#B2816F

accent

#7655D3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#090E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38778E

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

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