#38819B#38819B

#38819B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.082 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38819B
RGB	rgb(56, 129, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, -14.42, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 25.22, 235.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% -0.0585 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.082 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3952, 18.9062, 33.8419)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38819B #9B5238

analogous

#389B84 #38819B #38509B

triadic

#38819B #9B3881 #819B38

tetradic

#38819B #84389B #9B5238 #509B38

square

#38819B #84389B #9B5238 #509B38

split-complementary

#38819B #9B3850 #9B8438

monochromatic

#183641 #285C6E #38819B #50A3C0 #7DBAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#38819B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#38819B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38819B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38819B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38819B	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38819b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 129, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.082 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a5b8',
    500: '#38819b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38819b;
$custom-light: #79a5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38819b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56805,
    "c": 0.08219,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38819B

secondary

#B98775

accent

#7451D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38819B

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

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