#38798F#38798F

#38798F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.074 H 223.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38798F
RGB	rgb(56, 121, 143)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, -13.84, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 22.85, 232.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% -0.0543 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.074 223)
XYZ	xyz(13.4242, 16.4974, 28.4581)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38798F #8F4E38

analogous

#388F7A #38798F #384E8F

triadic

#38798F #8F3879 #798F38

tetradic

#38798F #7A388F #8F4E38 #4E8F38

square

#38798F #7A388F #8F4E38 #4E8F38

split-complementary

#38798F #8F384E #8F7A38

monochromatic

#162F37 #275463 #38798F #4B9DB9 #77B5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#38798F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#38798F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38798F

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#6C7690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38798f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 121, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.074 223.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38798f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.172,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54286,
    "c": 0.07421,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.16499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38798F

secondary

#B38170

accent

#7454D3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#090E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38798F

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

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