#38849B#38849B

#38849B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.082 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38849B
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 155)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -16.07, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 25.09, 230.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% -0.0619 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.082 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7962, 19.7082, 33.9756)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38849B #9B4F38

analogous

#389B81 #38849B #38539B

triadic

#38849B #9B3884 #849B38

tetradic

#38849B #81389B #9B4F38 #539B38

square

#38849B #81389B #9B4F38 #539B38

split-complementary

#38849B #9B3853 #9B8138

monochromatic

#183741 #285E6E #38849B #50A6C0 #7DBDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#38849B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#38849B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38849B

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38849B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38849B	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	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)

#76819C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68769B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38849b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.082 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8b8',
    500: '#38849b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38849b;
$custom-light: #79a8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38849b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.939,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57548,
    "c": 0.08189,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38849B

secondary

#B98575

accent

#7051D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38849B

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

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