#38879D#38879D

#38879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.083 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38879D
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -17.07, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 25.46, 227.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0644 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.083 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3782, 20.6013, 35.0051)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38879D #9D4E38

analogous

#389D81 #38879D #38559D

triadic

#38879D #9D3887 #879D38

tetradic

#38879D #81389D #9D4E38 #559D38

square

#38879D #81389D #9D4E38 #559D38

split-complementary

#38879D #9D3855 #9D8138

monochromatic

#183943 #286070 #38879D #51A9C1 #7EBFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#38879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#38879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38879D

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38879D	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.083 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaaba',
    500: '#38879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38879d;
$custom-light: #7aaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.069,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58378,
    "c": 0.08312,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38879D

secondary

#BA8576

accent

#6E51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38879D

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

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