#38809E#38809E

#38809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.085 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38809E
RGB	rgb(56, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, -12.88, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 26.12, 240.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% -0.0563 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.085 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5192, 18.7461, 35.1416)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38809E #9E5638

analogous

#389E89 #38809E #384D9E

triadic

#38809E #9E3880 #809E38

tetradic

#38809E #89389E #9E5638 #4D9E38

square

#38809E #89389E #9E5638 #4D9E38

split-complementary

#38809E #9E384D #9E8938

monochromatic

#183744 #285B71 #38809E #52A1C2 #7FB9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#38809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#38809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38809E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38809E	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62739E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.085 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa4ba',
    500: '#38809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38809e;
$custom-light: #7aa4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56694,
    "c": 0.08485,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38809E

secondary

#BB8B77

accent

#7851D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38809E

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

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