#38829D#38829D

#38829D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.084 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38829D
RGB	rgb(56, 130, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -14.32, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 25.63, 236.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% -0.0589 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.084 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6969, 19.2387, 34.7780)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38829D #9D5338

analogous

#389D86 #38829D #384F9D

triadic

#38829D #9D3882 #829D38

tetradic

#38829D #86389D #9D5338 #4F9D38

square

#38829D #86389D #9D5338 #4F9D38

split-complementary

#38829D #9D384F #9D8638

monochromatic

#183743 #285D70 #38829D #51A3C1 #7EBBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#38829D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#38829D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38829D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38829D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38829D	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65759D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38829d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 130, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.084 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa6ba',
    500: '#38829d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38829d;
$custom-light: #7aa6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38829d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57141,
    "c": 0.08356,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38829D

secondary

#BA8976

accent

#7551D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38829D

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

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