#38798E#38798E

#38798E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.073 H 221.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38798E
RGB	rgb(56, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, -14.16, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 22.63, 231.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% -0.0547 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.073 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3488, 16.4672, 28.0609)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38798E #8E4D38

analogous

#388E78 #38798E #384E8E

triadic

#38798E #8E3879 #798E38

tetradic

#38798E #78388E #8E4D38 #4E8E38

square

#38798E #78388E #8E4D38 #4E8E38

split-complementary

#38798E #8E384E #8E7838

monochromatic

#152E36 #275462 #38798E #4B9DB8 #77B5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#38798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#38798E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38798E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38798E	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)

#6D768F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.073 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779faf',
    500: '#38798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38798e;
$custom-light: #779faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.651,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54242,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38798E

secondary

#B2806F

accent

#7455D3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#090E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38798E

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

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