#38809D#38809D

#38809D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.084 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38809D
RGB	rgb(56, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, -13.20, -22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 25.83, 239.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% -0.0567 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.084 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4335, 18.7118, 34.6901)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38809D #9D5538

analogous

#389D88 #38809D #384D9D

triadic

#38809D #9D3880 #809D38

tetradic

#38809D #88389D #9D5538 #4D9D38

square

#38809D #88389D #9D5538 #4D9D38

split-complementary

#38809D #9D384D #9D8838

monochromatic

#183643 #285B70 #38809D #51A1C1 #7EB9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#38809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#38809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38809D

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38809D	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)

#717E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62739D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.084 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a4ba',
    500: '#38809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38809d;
$custom-light: #79a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56648,
    "c": 0.084,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38809D

secondary

#BA8A76

accent

#7751D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38809D

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

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