#38779E#38779E

#38779E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.089 H 238.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38779E
RGB	rgb(56, 119, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, -7.72, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 28.08, 254.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% -0.0463 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.089 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3969, 16.5016, 34.7675)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38779E #9E5F38

analogous

#389E92 #38779E #38449E

triadic

#38779E #9E3877 #779E38

tetradic

#38779E #92389E #9E5F38 #449E38

square

#38779E #92389E #9E5F38 #449E38

split-complementary

#38779E #9E3844 #9E9238

monochromatic

#183344 #285571 #38779E #5297C2 #7FB2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#38779E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#38779E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38779E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38779E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38779E	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6577A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38779e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 119, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.089 238.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38779e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54496,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38779E

secondary

#BB9177

accent

#8451D7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38779E

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

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