#38839F#38839F

#38839F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.085 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38839F
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -14.22, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 26.05, 236.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.0592 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.085 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0027, 19.5749, 35.7291)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38839F #9F5438

analogous

#389F88 #38839F #384F9F

triadic

#38839F #9F3883 #839F38

tetradic

#38839F #88389F #9F5438 #4F9F38

square

#38839F #88389F #9F5438 #4F9F38

split-complementary

#38839F #9F384F #9F8838

monochromatic

#183844 #285E72 #38839F #52A4C2 #7FBCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#38839F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#38839F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38839F

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38839F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38839F	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7480A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65769F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38839f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.085 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa7bb',
    500: '#38839f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38839f;
$custom-light: #7aa7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38839f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.311,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57477,
    "c": 0.08493,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38839F

secondary

#BB8A77

accent

#7550D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38839F

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

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