#38849E#38849E

#38849E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.084 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38849E
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, -15.10, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 25.73, 234.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0607 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.084 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0512, 19.8102, 35.3190)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38849E #9E5238

analogous

#389E85 #38849E #38519E

triadic

#38849E #9E3884 #849E38

tetradic

#38849E #85389E #9E5238 #519E38

square

#38849E #85389E #9E5238 #519E38

split-complementary

#38849E #9E3851 #9E8538

monochromatic

#183944 #285E71 #38849E #52A5C2 #7FBCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#38849E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#38849E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38849E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38849E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38849E	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#75819F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67769E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38849e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.084 223.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38849e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57679,
    "c": 0.084,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38849E

secondary

#BB8877

accent

#7351D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38849E

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

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