#38839D#38839D

#38839D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.083 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38839D
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 157)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, -14.87, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 25.56, 234.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% -0.06 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.083 224)
XYZ	xyz(15.8306, 19.5060, 34.8225)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38839D #9D5238

analogous

#389D85 #38839D #38509D

triadic

#38839D #9D3883 #839D38

tetradic

#38839D #85389D #9D5238 #509D38

square

#38839D #85389D #9D5238 #509D38

split-complementary

#38839D #9D3850 #9D8538

monochromatic

#183843 #285D70 #38839D #51A4C1 #7EBCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#38839D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#38839D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38839D

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38839D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38839D	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74809E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38839d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.083 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa7ba',
    500: '#38839d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38839d;
$custom-light: #7aa7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38839d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.446,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57388,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.19508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38839D

secondary

#BA8876

accent

#7351D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38839D

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

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