#38839C#38839C

#38839C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.083 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38839C
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 156)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, -15.20, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 25.33, 233.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% -0.0604 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.083 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7455, 19.4720, 34.3747)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38839C #9C5138

analogous

#389C83 #38839C #38519C

triadic

#38839C #9C3883 #839C38

tetradic

#38839C #83389C #9C5138 #519C38

square

#38839C #83389C #9C5138 #519C38

split-complementary

#38839C #9C3851 #9C8338

monochromatic

#183742 #285D6F #38839C #51A5C0 #7EBCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#38839C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#38839C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38839C

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38839C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38839C	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#75809D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66759C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38839c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.083 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa7b9',
    500: '#38839c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38839c;
$custom-light: #7aa7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38839c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57344,
    "c": 0.08266,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38839C

secondary

#BA8776

accent

#7251D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38839C

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

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