#38859B#38859B

#38859B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.082 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38859B
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 155)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -16.62, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 25.09, 228.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.063 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.082 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9324, 19.9807, 34.0210)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38859B #9B4E38

analogous

#389B80 #38859B #38549B

triadic

#38859B #9B3885 #859B38

tetradic

#38859B #80389B #9B4E38 #549B38

square

#38859B #80389B #9B4E38 #549B38

split-complementary

#38859B #9B3854 #9B8038

monochromatic

#183841 #285E6E #38859B #50A7C0 #7DBED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#38859B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#38859B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38859B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38859B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38859B	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77829C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38859b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.082 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa8b8',
    500: '#38859b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38859b;
$custom-light: #7aa8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38859b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57796,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38859B

secondary

#B98475

accent

#6F51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38859B

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

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