#38779B#38779B

#38779B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.086 H 236.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38779B
RGB	rgb(56, 119, 155)
HSL	hsl(202, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, -8.74, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 26.90, 251.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% -0.0474 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.086 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1418, 16.3995, 33.4241)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38779B #9B5C38

analogous

#389B8E #38779B #38469B

triadic

#38779B #9B3877 #779B38

tetradic

#38779B #8E389B #9B5C38 #469B38

square

#38779B #8E389B #9B5C38 #469B38

split-complementary

#38779B #9B3846 #9B8E38

monochromatic

#183241 #28546E #38779B #5097C0 #7DB2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#38779B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#38779B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38779B

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38779B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38779B	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66769D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38779b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 119, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.086 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799eb8',
    500: '#38779b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38779b;
$custom-light: #799eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38779b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54349,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38779B

secondary

#B98E75

accent

#8251D7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38779B

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

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