#38849F#38849F

#38849F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.085 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38849F
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, -14.78, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 25.96, 235.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0603 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.085 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1377, 19.8448, 35.7741)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38849F #9F5338

analogous

#389F87 #38849F #38519F

triadic

#38849F #9F3884 #849F38

tetradic

#38849F #87389F #9F5338 #519F38

square

#38849F #87389F #9F5338 #519F38

split-complementary

#38849F #9F3851 #9F8738

monochromatic

#183944 #285E72 #38849F #52A5C2 #7FBCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#38849F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#38849F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38849F

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38849F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38849F	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7581A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38849f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.085 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa7bb',
    500: '#38849f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38849f;
$custom-light: #7aa7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38849f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.728,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57724,
    "c": 0.08475,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38849F

secondary

#BB8977

accent

#7450D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38849F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →