#38849A#38849A

#38849A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.081 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38849A
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 154)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, -16.39, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 24.90, 228.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.0623 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.081 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7125, 19.6748, 33.5351)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38849A #9A4E38

analogous

#389A7F #38849A #38539A

triadic

#38849A #9A3884 #849A38

tetradic

#38849A #7F389A #9A4E38 #539A38

square

#38849A #7F389A #9A4E38 #539A38

split-complementary

#38849A #9A3853 #9A7F38

monochromatic

#173740 #285E6D #38849A #50A6BF #7DBDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#38849A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#38849A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38849A

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38849A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38849A	1.00	4.26	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68769A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38849a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.081 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8b7',
    500: '#38849a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38849a;
$custom-light: #79a8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38849a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57504,
    "c": 0.08124,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38849A

secondary

#B98475

accent

#6F51D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38849A

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

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