#38809B#38809B

#38809B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.082 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38809B
RGB	rgb(56, 128, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, -13.86, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 25.30, 236.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% -0.0574 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.082 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2641, 18.6441, 33.7982)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38809B #9B5338

analogous

#389B85 #38809B #384F9B

triadic

#38809B #9B3880 #809B38

tetradic

#38809B #85389B #9B5338 #4F9B38

square

#38809B #85389B #9B5338 #4F9B38

split-complementary

#38809B #9B384F #9B8538

monochromatic

#183641 #285B6E #38809B #50A1C0 #7DBAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#38809B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#38809B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38809B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38809B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38809B	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63739B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38809b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 128, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.082 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a5b8',
    500: '#38809b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38809b;
$custom-light: #79a5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38809b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56558,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38809B

secondary

#B98875

accent

#7651D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38809B

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

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