#38829E#38829E

#38829E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.084 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38829E
RGB	rgb(56, 130, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, -13.99, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 25.89, 237.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0585 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.084 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7826, 19.2730, 35.2294)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38829E #9E5438

analogous

#389E87 #38829E #384F9E

triadic

#38829E #9E3882 #829E38

tetradic

#38829E #87389E #9E5438 #4F9E38

square

#38829E #87389E #9E5438 #4F9E38

split-complementary

#38829E #9E384F #9E8738

monochromatic

#183844 #285D71 #38829E #52A3C2 #7FBBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#38829E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#38829E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38829E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38829E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38829E	1.00	4.33	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64759E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38829e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 130, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.084 226.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38829e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57186,
    "c": 0.08435,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38829E

secondary

#BB8A77

accent

#7651D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38829E

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

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