#38859D#38859D

#38859D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.083 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38859D
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, -15.98, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 25.47, 231.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% -0.0622 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.083 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1018, 20.0485, 34.9129)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38859D #9D5038

analogous

#389D83 #38859D #38539D

triadic

#38859D #9D3885 #859D38

tetradic

#38859D #83389D #9D5038 #539D38

square

#38859D #83389D #9D5038 #539D38

split-complementary

#38859D #9D3853 #9D8338

monochromatic

#183943 #285F70 #38859D #51A6C1 #7EBDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#38859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#38859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38859D

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38859D	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77829E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68779D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.083 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa8ba',
    500: '#38859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38859d;
$custom-light: #7aa8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.257,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57882,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38859D

secondary

#BA8776

accent

#7151D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38859D

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

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