#38869E#38869E

#38869E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.084 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38869E
RGB	rgb(56, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -16.20, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 25.65, 230.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0629 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.084 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3251, 20.3579, 35.4102)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38869E #9E5038

analogous

#389E83 #38869E #38539E

triadic

#38869E #9E3886 #869E38

tetradic

#38869E #83389E #9E5038 #539E38

square

#38869E #83389E #9E5038 #539E38

split-complementary

#38869E #9E3853 #9E8338

monochromatic

#183944 #286071 #38869E #52A7C2 #7FBED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#38869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#38869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38869E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38869E	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.084 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa9ba',
    500: '#38869e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38869e;
$custom-light: #7aa9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58173,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38869E

secondary

#BB8777

accent

#7051D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38869E

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

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