#38809F#38809F

#38809F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.086 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38809F
RGB	rgb(56, 128, 159)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, -12.54, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 26.41, 241.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% -0.0559 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.086 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6056, 18.7807, 35.5968)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38809F #9F5738

analogous

#389F8B #38809F #384D9F

triadic

#38809F #9F3880 #809F38

tetradic

#38809F #8B389F #9F5738 #4D9F38

square

#38809F #8B389F #9F5738 #4D9F38

split-complementary

#38809F #9F384D #9F8B38

monochromatic

#183744 #285C72 #38809F #52A0C2 #7FB9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#38809F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#38809F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38809F

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38809F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38809F	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62739F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38809f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 128, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.086 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa4bb',
    500: '#38809f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38809f;
$custom-light: #7aa4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38809f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5674,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38809F

secondary

#BB8C77

accent

#7950D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38809F

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

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