#38839B#38839B

#38839B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.082 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38839B
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, -15.52, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 25.11, 231.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.0608 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.082 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6612, 19.4383, 33.9306)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38839B #9B5038

analogous

#389B82 #38839B #38529B

triadic

#38839B #9B3883 #839B38

tetradic

#38839B #82389B #9B5038 #529B38

square

#38839B #82389B #9B5038 #529B38

split-complementary

#38839B #9B3852 #9B8238

monochromatic

#183741 #285D6E #38839B #50A5C0 #7DBCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#38839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#38839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38839B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38839B	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75809C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67759B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.082 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a7b8',
    500: '#38839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38839b;
$custom-light: #79a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.573,
    "c": 0.08195,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38839B

secondary

#B98675

accent

#7251D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38839B

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

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