#38859E#38859E

#38859E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.084 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38859E
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, -15.65, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 25.68, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0618 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.084 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1875, 20.0827, 35.3644)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38859E #9E5138

analogous

#389E84 #38859E #38529E

triadic

#38859E #9E3885 #859E38

tetradic

#38859E #84389E #9E5138 #529E38

square

#38859E #84389E #9E5138 #529E38

split-complementary

#38859E #9E3852 #9E8438

monochromatic

#183944 #285F71 #38859E #52A6C2 #7FBDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#38859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#38859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38859E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38859E	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77829F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68779E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.084 222.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.706,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57926,
    "c": 0.08388,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38859E

secondary

#BB8877

accent

#7251D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38859E

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

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