#38798C#38798C

#38798C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.072 H 219.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38798C
RGB	rgb(56, 121, 140)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 13.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, -14.80, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 22.23, 228.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% -0.0555 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.072 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2000, 16.4077, 27.2772)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38798C #8C4B38

analogous

#388C75 #38798C #384F8C

triadic

#38798C #8C3879 #798C38

tetradic

#38798C #75388C #8C4B38 #4F8C38

square

#38798C #75388C #8C4B38 #4F8C38

split-complementary

#38798C #8C384F #8C7538

monochromatic

#152D35 #275360 #38798C #4A9EB7 #76B6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#38798C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#38798C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38798C

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38798C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38798C	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38798c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 121, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.072 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779fad',
    500: '#38798c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38798c;
$custom-light: #779fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38798c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.571,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54155,
    "c": 0.07215,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38798C

secondary

#B17E6F

accent

#7255D3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#090E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38798C

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

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