#38799B#38799B

#38799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.085 H 234.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38799B
RGB	rgb(56, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, -9.89, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 26.41, 248.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% -0.0496 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.085 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3824, 16.8806, 33.5043)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38799B #9B5A38

analogous

#389B8C #38799B #38489B

triadic

#38799B #9B3879 #799B38

tetradic

#38799B #8C389B #9B5A38 #489B38

square

#38799B #8C389B #9B5A38 #489B38

split-complementary

#38799B #9B3848 #9B8C38

monochromatic

#183341 #28566E #38799B #509AC0 #7DB4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#38799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#38799B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38799B

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38799B	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69789D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.085 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799fb8',
    500: '#38799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38799b;
$custom-light: #799fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.606,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54837,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38799B

secondary

#B98D75

accent

#7F51D7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38799B

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

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