#38829F#38829F

#38829F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.085 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38829F
RGB	rgb(56, 130, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, -13.67, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 26.15, 238.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.0581 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.085 227)
XYZ	xyz(15.8690, 19.3076, 35.6846)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38829F #9F5538

analogous

#389F89 #38829F #384F9F

triadic

#38829F #9F3882 #829F38

tetradic

#38829F #89389F #9F5538 #4F9F38

square

#38829F #89389F #9F5538 #4F9F38

split-complementary

#38829F #9F384F #9F8938

monochromatic

#183844 #285D72 #38829F #52A3C2 #7FBBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#38829F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#38829F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38829F

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38829F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38829F	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	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)

#7380A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64759F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38829f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 130, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.085 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa6bb',
    500: '#38829f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38829f;
$custom-light: #7aa6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38829f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.893,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57231,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.19309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38829F

secondary

#BB8B77

accent

#7650D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38829F

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

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