#38839E#38839E

#38839E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.084 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38839E
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, -14.55, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 25.80, 235.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% -0.0596 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.084 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9163, 19.5403, 35.2740)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38839E #9E5338

analogous

#389E86 #38839E #38509E

triadic

#38839E #9E3883 #839E38

tetradic

#38839E #86389E #9E5338 #509E38

square

#38839E #86389E #9E5338 #509E38

split-complementary

#38839E #9E3850 #9E8638

monochromatic

#183844 #285E71 #38839E #52A4C2 #7FBCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#38839E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#38839E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38839E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38839E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38839E	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74809F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38839e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.084 224.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38839e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57433,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38839E

secondary

#BB8977

accent

#7451D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38839E

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

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