#38859F#38859F

#38859F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.085 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38859F
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 159)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, -15.33, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 25.90, 233.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0614 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.085 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2739, 20.1173, 35.8195)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38859F #9F5238

analogous

#389F86 #38859F #38519F

triadic

#38859F #9F3885 #859F38

tetradic

#38859F #86389F #9F5238 #519F38

square

#38859F #86389F #9F5238 #519F38

split-complementary

#38859F #9F3851 #9F8638

monochromatic

#183944 #285F72 #38859F #52A6C2 #7FBDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#38859F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#38859F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38859F

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38859F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38859F	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#7682A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68779F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38859f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.085 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa8bb',
    500: '#38859f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38859f;
$custom-light: #7aa8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38859f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.146,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5797,
    "c": 0.08459,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38859F

secondary

#BB8977

accent

#7250D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38859F

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

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