#38859C#38859C

#38859C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.083 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38859C
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, -16.30, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 25.27, 229.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% -0.0626 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.083 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0168, 20.0144, 34.4651)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38859C #9C4F38

analogous

#389C81 #38859C #38539C

triadic

#38859C #9C3885 #859C38

tetradic

#38859C #81389C #9C4F38 #539C38

square

#38859C #81389C #9C4F38 #539C38

split-complementary

#38859C #9C3853 #9C8138

monochromatic

#183842 #285F6F #38859C #51A7C0 #7EBED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#38859C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#38859C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38859C

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38859C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38859C	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)

#77829D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38859c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.083 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa8b9',
    500: '#38859c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38859c;
$custom-light: #7aa8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38859c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57839,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38859C

secondary

#BA8676

accent

#7051D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38859C

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

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