#38879C#38879C

#38879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.083 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38879C
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -17.39, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 25.29, 226.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.0648 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.083 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2932, 20.5673, 34.5573)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38879C #9C4D38

analogous

#389C7F #38879C #38559C

triadic

#38879C #9C3887 #879C38

tetradic

#38879C #7F389C #9C4D38 #559C38

square

#38879C #7F389C #9C4D38 #559C38

split-complementary

#38879C #9C3855 #9C7F38

monochromatic

#183942 #28606F #38879C #51A9C0 #7EBFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#38879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#38879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38879C

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38879C	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)

#7A839D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.083 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaab9',
    500: '#38879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38879c;
$custom-light: #7aaab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.6,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58335,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38879C

secondary

#BA8476

accent

#6D51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38879C

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

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