#38809A#38809A

#38809A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.082 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38809A
RGB	rgb(56, 128, 154)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, -14.19, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 25.05, 235.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% -0.0578 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.082 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1805, 18.6106, 33.3578)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38809A #9A5238

analogous

#389A83 #38809A #384F9A

triadic

#38809A #9A3880 #809A38

tetradic

#38809A #83389A #9A5238 #4F9A38

square

#38809A #83389A #9A5238 #4F9A38

split-complementary

#38809A #9A384F #9A8338

monochromatic

#173540 #285B6D #38809A #50A2BF #7DBAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#38809A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#38809A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38809A

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38809A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38809A	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64739A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38809a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 128, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.082 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a5b7',
    500: '#38809a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38809a;
$custom-light: #79a5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38809a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56513,
    "c": 0.08159,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38809A

secondary

#B98775

accent

#7551D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38809A

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

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