#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
RGBrgb(56, 121, 158)
HSLhsl(202, 48%, 42%)
HSVhsv(202, 65%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(64.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(48.24, -8.88, -26.05)
CIE-LCHlch(48.24, 27.52, 251.17°)
OKLaboklab(54.98% -0.0486 -0.0731)
OKLCHoklch(54.98% 0.088 236.4)
XYZxyz(14.6374, 16.9826, 34.8477)
Luminance0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38799E1.004.784.404.78
#FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00
#0000004.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00

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

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#38799E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva