#38799E#38799E

#38799E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.088 H 236.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38799E
RGB	rgb(56, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, -8.88, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 27.52, 251.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% -0.0486 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.088 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6374, 16.9826, 34.8477)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38799E #9E5D38

analogous

#389E90 #38799E #38469E

triadic

#38799E #9E3879 #799E38

tetradic

#38799E #90389E #9E5D38 #469E38

square

#38799E #90389E #9E5D38 #469E38

split-complementary

#38799E #9E3846 #9E9038

monochromatic

#183444 #285671 #38799E #5299C2 #7FB4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#38799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#38799E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38799E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38799E	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6878A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.088 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799fba',
    500: '#38799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38799e;
$custom-light: #799fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.765,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54982,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38799E

secondary

#BB9077

accent

#8151D7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38799E

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

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