#38829C#38829C

#38829C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.083 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38829C
RGB	rgb(56, 130, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, -14.65, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 25.39, 234.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% -0.0593 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.083 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6119, 19.2047, 34.3302)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38829C #9C5238

analogous

#389C84 #38829C #38509C

triadic

#38829C #9C3882 #829C38

tetradic

#38829C #84389C #9C5238 #509C38

square

#38829C #84389C #9C5238 #509C38

split-complementary

#38829C #9C3850 #9C8438

monochromatic

#183742 #285C6F #38829C #51A3C0 #7EBBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#38829C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#38829C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38829C

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38829C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38829C	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65759C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38829c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 130, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.083 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a6b9',
    500: '#38829c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38829c;
$custom-light: #79a6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38829c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57097,
    "c": 0.0828,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38829C

secondary

#BA8876

accent

#7451D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38829C

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

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