#38879A#38879A

#38879A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.081 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38879A
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 154)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -18.02, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 25.00, 223.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0656 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.081 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1252, 20.5001, 33.6727)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38879A #9A4B38

analogous

#389A7C #38879A #38569A

triadic

#38879A #9A3887 #879A38

tetradic

#38879A #7C389A #9A4B38 #569A38

square

#38879A #7C389A #9A4B38 #569A38

split-complementary

#38879A #9A3856 #9A7C38

monochromatic

#173840 #28606D #38879A #50AABF #7DC0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#38879A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#38879A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38879A

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38879A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38879A	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A839B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C789A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38879a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.081 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaab7',
    500: '#38879a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38879a;
$custom-light: #7aaab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38879a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.633,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5825,
    "c": 0.08138,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38879A

secondary

#B98275

accent

#6B51D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38879A

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

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