#38849C#38849C

#38849C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.083 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38849C
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -15.75, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 25.29, 231.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0615 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.083 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8805, 19.7419, 34.4197)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38849C #9C5038

analogous

#389C82 #38849C #38529C

triadic

#38849C #9C3884 #849C38

tetradic

#38849C #82389C #9C5038 #529C38

square

#38849C #82389C #9C5038 #529C38

split-complementary

#38849C #9C3852 #9C8238

monochromatic

#183842 #285E6F #38849C #51A6C0 #7EBDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#38849C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#38849C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38849C

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38849C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38849C	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68769C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38849c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.083 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa8b9',
    500: '#38849c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38849c;
$custom-light: #7aa8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38849c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57591,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38849C

secondary

#BA8676

accent

#7151D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38849C

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

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