#38879B#38879B

#38879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.082 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38879B
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -17.71, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 25.14, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% -0.0652 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.082 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2088, 20.5336, 34.1131)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38879B #9B4C38

analogous

#389B7E #38879B #38569B

triadic

#38879B #9B3887 #879B38

tetradic

#38879B #7E389B #9B4C38 #569B38

square

#38879B #7E389B #9B4C38 #569B38

split-complementary

#38879B #9B3856 #9B7E38

monochromatic

#183941 #28606E #38879B #50A9C0 #7DBFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#38879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#38879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38879B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38879B	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.082 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaab8',
    500: '#38879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38879b;
$custom-light: #7aaab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.121,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58293,
    "c": 0.08193,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38879B

secondary

#B98375

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38879B

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

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