#38819E#38819E

#38819E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.085 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38819E
RGB	rgb(56, 129, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, -13.44, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 25.99, 238.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.0574 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.085 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6503, 19.0083, 35.1853)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38819E #9E5538

analogous

#389E88 #38819E #384E9E

triadic

#38819E #9E3881 #819E38

tetradic

#38819E #88389E #9E5538 #4E9E38

square

#38819E #88389E #9E5538 #4E9E38

split-complementary

#38819E #9E384E #9E8838

monochromatic

#183744 #285C71 #38819E #52A2C2 #7FBAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#38819E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#38819E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38819E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38819E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38819E	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38819e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 129, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.085 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa5ba',
    500: '#38819e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38819e;
$custom-light: #7aa5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38819e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.059,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5694,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38819E

secondary

#BB8A77

accent

#7751D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38819E

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

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