#38779D#38779D

#38779D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.088 H 237.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38779D
RGB	rgb(56, 119, 157)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 24.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, -8.06, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 27.68, 253.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% -0.0467 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.088 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3112, 16.4673, 34.3160)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38779D #9D5E38

analogous

#389D91 #38779D #38459D

triadic

#38779D #9D3877 #779D38

tetradic

#38779D #91389D #9D5E38 #459D38

square

#38779D #91389D #9D5E38 #459D38

split-complementary

#38779D #9D3845 #9D9138

monochromatic

#183343 #285570 #38779D #5197C1 #7EB2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#38779D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#38779D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38779D

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38779D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38779D	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65779F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38779d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 119, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.088 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799eba',
    500: '#38779d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38779d;
$custom-light: #799eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38779d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.574,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54447,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38779D

secondary

#BA9076

accent

#8351D7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38779D

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

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