#38849D#38849D

#38849D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.083 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38849D
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 157)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, -15.43, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 25.50, 232.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.0611 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.083 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9655, 19.7759, 34.8675)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38849D #9D5138

analogous

#389D84 #38849D #38529D

triadic

#38849D #9D3884 #849D38

tetradic

#38849D #84389D #9D5138 #529D38

square

#38849D #84389D #9D5138 #529D38

split-complementary

#38849D #9D3852 #9D8438

monochromatic

#183843 #285E70 #38849D #51A5C1 #7EBDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#38849D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#38849D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38849D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38849D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38849D	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67769D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38849d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.083 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa7ba',
    500: '#38849d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38849d;
$custom-light: #7aa7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38849d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.851,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57635,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38849D

secondary

#BA8776

accent

#7251D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38849D

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

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