#38829B#38829B

#38829B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.082 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38829B
RGB	rgb(56, 130, 155)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, -14.97, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 25.15, 233.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% -0.0597 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.082 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5276, 19.1710, 33.8860)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38829B #9B5138

analogous

#389B83 #38829B #38519B

triadic

#38829B #9B3882 #829B38

tetradic

#38829B #83389B #9B5138 #519B38

square

#38829B #83389B #9B5138 #519B38

split-complementary

#38829B #9B3851 #9B8338

monochromatic

#183741 #285C6E #38829B #50A4C0 #7DBBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#38829B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#38829B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38829B

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38829B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38829B	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66759B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38829b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 130, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.082 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a6b8',
    500: '#38829b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38829b;
$custom-light: #79a6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38829b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.152,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57052,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38829B

secondary

#B98775

accent

#7351D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38829B

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

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