#38809C#38809C

#38809C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.083 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38809C
RGB	rgb(56, 128, 156)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, -13.53, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 25.56, 238.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% -0.057 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.083 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3484, 18.6778, 34.2423)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38809C #9C5438

analogous

#389C86 #38809C #384E9C

triadic

#38809C #9C3880 #809C38

tetradic

#38809C #86389C #9C5438 #4E9C38

square

#38809C #86389C #9C5438 #4E9C38

split-complementary

#38809C #9C384E #9C8638

monochromatic

#183642 #285B6F #38809C #51A1C0 #7EB9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#38809C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#38809C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38809C

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38809C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38809C	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63739C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38809c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 128, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.083 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a5b9',
    500: '#38809c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38809c;
$custom-light: #79a5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38809c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56603,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38809C

secondary

#BA8976

accent

#7651D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38809C

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

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