#38869F#38869F

#38869F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.084 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38869F
RGB	rgb(56, 134, 159)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -15.88, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 25.85, 232.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0625 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.084 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4115, 20.3924, 35.8654)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38869F #9F5138

analogous

#389F85 #38869F #38539F

triadic

#38869F #9F3886 #869F38

tetradic

#38869F #85389F #9F5138 #539F38

square

#38869F #85389F #9F5138 #539F38

split-complementary

#38869F #9F3853 #9F8538

monochromatic

#183A44 #286072 #38869F #52A7C2 #7FBED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#38869F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#38869F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38869F

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38869F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38869F	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7783A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38869f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 134, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.084 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa9bb',
    500: '#38869f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38869f;
$custom-light: #7aa9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38869f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.563,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58217,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38869F

secondary

#BB8877

accent

#7150D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38869F

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

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